Small Frontal Gray Matter Volume in First-Episode Depression Patients

Bilgj M. M. , ÖZALAY Ö., EKER M. Ç. , KİTİŞ Ö. , OZAN E., EKER Ö., et al.

TURK PSIKIYATRI DERGISI, cilt.21, ss.185-194, 2010 (SSCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi) identifier identifier identifier

  • Cilt numarası: 21 Konu: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2010
  • Dergi Adı: TURK PSIKIYATRI DERGISI
  • Sayfa Sayısı: ss.185-194

Özet

Objective: Brain imaging studies have shown that depressed individuals suffer from inadequate frontal lobefunctions vis a vis smaller frontal lobes. The effects of depression's recurrent nature and long-term antidepressant treatment are not definitely known. This study aimed to examine frontal lobe volume at the onset of clinical depression by including first-episode drug-naive depressed patients.