Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 3 , Pages 200-204 , 30 June 2009

Dorsolateral and dorsomedial prefrontal gray matter density changes associated with bipolar depression

  • John O. Brooks III

      Affiliations

    • Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Psychiatry Service, Palo Alto, CA, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Veterans Affairs HCS, 3801 Miranda Ave. (118J), Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. Tel.: +1 650 493 5000x65182; fax: +1 650 852 3386.
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  • Julie C. Bonner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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  • Allyson C. Rosen

      Affiliations

    • Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Psychiatry Service, Palo Alto, CA, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Po W. Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Jennifer C. Hoblyn

      Affiliations

    • Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Psychiatry Service, Palo Alto, CA, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Shelley J. Hill

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Terence A. Ketter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

Received 24 August 2007 ,Revised 10 April 2008 ,Accepted 12 June 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.06.007

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 3 , Pages 200-204 , 30 June 2009

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