A preliminary study of white matter in adolescent depression: relationships with illness severity, anhedonia, and irritability

A preliminary study of white matter in adolescent depression: relationships with illness severity, anhedonia, and irritability

Major depressive disorder (MDD) during adolescence is a common and disabling psychiatric condition; yet, little is known about its neurobiological underpinning. Evidence indicates that MDD in adults involves alterations in white and gray matter; however, sparse research has focused on adolescent MDD...

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Main Authors: Sarah E Henderson, Amy R Johnson, Ana I Vallejo, Lev eKatz, Edmund eWong, Vilma eGabbay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
Adolescent
Anhedonia
Depression
white matter
irritability
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00152/full

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