Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 1 , Pages 49-54 , 30 April 2009

Biochemical abnormalities of the medial temporal lobe and medial prefrontal cortex in late-life depression

  • Talaignair N. Venkatraman

      Affiliations

    • The Departments of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
    • The Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
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  • Ranga R. Krishnan

      Affiliations

    • The Departments of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
    • The Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore, Singapore
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  • David C. Steffens

      Affiliations

    • The Departments of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
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  • Allen W. Song

      Affiliations

    • The Departments of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
    • The Departments of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
    • The Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
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  • Warren D. Taylor

      Affiliations

    • The Departments of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, DUMC Box 3903, Durham, NC 27710, United States. Tel.: +1 919 668 7887; fax: +1 919 681 7668.

Received 18 December 2007 ,Revised 1 May 2008 ,Accepted 4 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.07.001

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 1 , Pages 49-54 , 30 April 2009

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