Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 163, Issue 2 , Pages 133-142 , 15 July 2008

A magnetic resonance imaging study of the entorhinal cortex in treatment-resistant depression

Received 17 August 2007 ,Revised 14 November 2007 ,Accepted 15 November 2007.

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PII: S0925-4927(07)00231-4

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.11.005

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 163, Issue 2 , Pages 133-142 , 15 July 2008

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