Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 1 , Pages 64-70 , 30 January 2010

Voxel-based analyses of gray/white matter volume and diffusion tensor data in major depression

  • Osamu Abe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. Tel.: +81 3 5800 8666; fax: +81 3 5800 8935.
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  • Hidenori Yamasue

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Kiyoto Kasai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Haruyasu Yamada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Chiba Medical Center, Teikyo University, Chiba, Japan
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  • Shigeki Aoki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Hideyuki Inoue

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Kunio Takei

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Motomu Suga

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Koji Matsuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • Division of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
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  • Tadafumi Kato

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Yoshitaka Masutani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Kuni Ohtomo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Received 14 March 2008 ,Revised 15 April 2009 ,Accepted 7 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.07.007

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 1 , Pages 64-70 , 30 January 2010

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