Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 155, Issue 3 , Pages 203-210 , 15 August 2007

Relationship between regional brain metabolism, illness severity and age in depressed subjects

  • Jakub Z. Konarski

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Sidney H. Kennedy

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth Street, Eaton North Wing 8-222, Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 2C4. Tel.: +1 416 340 3888; fax: +1 416 340 4190.
    • ,
  • Roger S. McIntyre

      Affiliations

    • University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Shahryar Rafi-Tari

      Affiliations

    • Sunnybrook Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Joanna K. Soczynska

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Helen S. Mayberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

Received 2 May 2006 ,Revised 30 January 2007 ,Accepted 3 February 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.02.001

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 155, Issue 3 , Pages 203-210 , 15 August 2007

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