Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 163, Issue 1 , Pages 76-83 , 30 May 2008

Anterior cingulate cortex does not differ between patients with major depression and healthy controls, but relatively large anterior cingulate cortex predicts a good clinical course

  • Thomas Frodl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Nussbaumstr. 7, Munich 80336, Germany. Tel.: +49 89 5160 3370; fax: +49 89 5160 5343.
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  • Markus Jäger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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  • Christine Born

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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  • Sabine Ritter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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  • Eduard Kraft

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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  • Thomas Zetzsche

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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  • Ronald Bottlender

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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  • Gerda Leinsinger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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  • Maximilian Reiser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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  • Hans-Jürgen Möller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
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  • Eva Meisenzahl

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

Received 15 February 2007 ,Revised 24 April 2007 ,Accepted 24 April 2007.

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PII: S0925-4927(07)00100-X

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.04.012

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 163, Issue 1 , Pages 76-83 , 30 May 2008

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