European Neuropsychopharmacology
Volume 20, Issue 6 , Pages 398-404 , June 2010

Cortical thickness and voxel-based morphometry in depressed elderly

  • P. Cédric M.P. Koolschijn

      Affiliations

    • Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, A.01.126, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85060, 3584 CX Utrecht, the Netherlands. Tel.: +31 88 7551783; fax: +31 88 555443.
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  • Neeltje E.M. van Haren

      Affiliations

    • Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Hugo G. Schnack

      Affiliations

    • Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Joost Janssen

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio de Imagen Medica, Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Spain
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  • Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol

      Affiliations

    • Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • René S. Kahn

      Affiliations

    • Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands

Received 20 November 2009 ,Revised 9 February 2010 ,Accepted 12 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2010.02.010

European Neuropsychopharmacology
Volume 20, Issue 6 , Pages 398-404 , June 2010

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