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Brain structural signature of familial predisposition for bipolar disorder: replicable evidence for involvement of the right inferior frontal gyrus.
Biological psychiatry - 15 Jan 2013
Hajek Tomas, Cullis Jeffrey, Novak Tomas, Kopecek Miloslav, Blagdon Ryan, Propper Lukas, Stopkova Pavla, Duffy Anne, Hoschl Cyril, Uher Rudolf, Paus Tomas, Young L Trevor, Alda Martin
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BACKGROUND: To translate our knowledge about neuroanatomy of bipolar disorder (BD) into a diagnostic tool, it is necessary to identify the neural signature of predisposition for BD and separate it from effects of long-standing illness and treatment. Thus, we examined the associations among genetic risk, illness burden, lithium treatment, and brain structure in BD. METHODS: This is a two-center,...
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