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Hippocampal shape alterations in healthy young women with familial risk for unipolar depression.
Comprehensive psychiatry - 1 Apr 2018
Durmusoglu Ece, Ugurlu Onur, Akan Sebnem, Simsek Fatma, Kizilates Gozde, Kitis Omer, Ozkul Burcu Aksoy, Eker Cagdas, Coburn Kerry L, Gonul Ali Saffet
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BACKGROUND: Although reduced hippocampal volume (HCV) is a common finding in depression, it is unclear whether the structural alterations leading to reduction of HCV are pre-existing risk factors before the onset of clinical symptoms or a cumulative process that begins with the onset of clinical symptoms. The aim of the present study was to understand the anatomical status of the hippocampus prior to the clinical...
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