Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 1 , Pages 71-76 , 30 January 2010

Regional cerebral glucose metabolism and anxiety symptoms in bipolar depression: Effects of levothyroxine

  • Michael Bauer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
    • Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany. Tel.: +49 351 458 2772; fax: +49 351 458 4324.
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  • Steven M. Berman

      Affiliations

    • Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Florian Schlagenhauf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Mitte, Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • Bradley Voytek

      Affiliations

    • Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Natalie Rasgon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Mark A. Mandelkern

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Peter C. Whybrow

      Affiliations

    • Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Edythe D. London

      Affiliations

    • Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Received 28 April 2008 ,Revised 8 April 2009 ,Accepted 5 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.07.001

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 1 , Pages 71-76 , 30 January 2010

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