Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 164, Issue 1 , Pages 48-57 , 30 October 2008

Metabolic changes in the brain of patients with late-onset major depression

  • Toshiro Fujimoto

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    • Department Psychiatry of Faculty of Medicine of University of Tokyo, 7–3–1 Hongo, Bunkyo–ku, Tokyo, 113–8655, Japan
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  • Kouzou Takeuchi

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    • Fujimoto Hospital, Yokakai Foundation, 17–4, Hayasuzu–cho, Miyakonojo, 885–0055, Japan
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  • Tetsuro Matsumoto

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    • Fujimoto Hospital, Yokakai Foundation, 17–4, Hayasuzu–cho, Miyakonojo, 885–0055, Japan
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  • Seigo Fujita

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    • Fujimoto Hospital, Yokakai Foundation, 17–4, Hayasuzu–cho, Miyakonojo, 885–0055, Japan
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  • Kenichi Honda

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    • Fujimoto Hospital, Yokakai Foundation, 17–4, Hayasuzu–cho, Miyakonojo, 885–0055, Japan
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  • Yuji Higashi

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    • Fujimoto Hospital, Yokakai Foundation, 17–4, Hayasuzu–cho, Miyakonojo, 885–0055, Japan
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  • Nobumasa Kato

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    • Department Psychiatry of Faculty of Medicine of University of Tokyo, 7–3–1 Hongo, Bunkyo–ku, Tokyo, 113–8655, Japan

Received 14 July 2006 ,Revised 16 December 2006 ,Accepted 27 March 2007.

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PII: S0925-4927(07)00083-2

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.03.010

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 164, Issue 1 , Pages 48-57 , 30 October 2008

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