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Recurrent major depression and right hippocampal volume: A bivariate linkage and association study.
Human brain mapping - 1 Jan 2016
Mathias Samuel R, Knowles Emma E M, Kent Jack W, McKay D Reese, Curran Joanne E, de Almeida Marcio A A, Dyer Thomas D, Göring Harald H H, Olvera Rene L, Duggirala Ravi, Fox Peter T, Almasy Laura, Blangero John, Glahn David C
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Previous work has shown that the hippocampus is smaller in the brains of individuals suffering from major depressive disorder (MDD) than those of healthy controls. Moreover, right hippocampal volume specifically has been found to predict the probability of subsequent depressive episodes. This study explored the utility of right hippocampal volume as an endophenotype of recurrent MDD (rMDD). We observed a...
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