Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 164, Issue 1 , Pages 77-80 , 30 October 2008

Cerebral metabolic patterns in untreated postmenopausal women with major depressive disorder

  • Natalie L. Rasgon

      Affiliations

    • Stanford Center for Neuroscience in Women’s Health, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +650 724 6689; fax: +650 724 3144.
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  • Heather A. Kenna

      Affiliations

    • Stanford Center for Neuroscience in Women’s Health, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States
    • ,
  • Cheri Geist

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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  • Gary Small

      Affiliations

    • UCLA Center on Aging, Memory & Aging Research Center, Jane & Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
    • ,
  • Daniel Silverman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Received 23 May 2007 ,Revised 31 October 2007 ,Accepted 18 December 2007.

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PII: S0925-4927(07)00248-X

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.12.006

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 164, Issue 1 , Pages 77-80 , 30 October 2008

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