A systematic review of diffusion tensor imaging studies in affective disorders.

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White matter abnormalities constitute one element of the network dysfunction that underlies affective disorders: differences between the white matter of subjects with affective disorders and control subjects have been identified using a range of neuroimaging and histological techniques. Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) can uniquely study the orientation and integrity of white matter tracts and is thus an ideal tool to shed light on white matter abnormalities in subjects with affective disorders...

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Authors: Sexton, C; Mackay, C; Ebmeier, K

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Biological psychiatry
• Volume: 66
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 814-823
• Publication date: 2009-11-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.05.024
• EISSN: 1873-2402
• ISSN: 0006-3223
• Language: English
• Keywords: Diffusion Tensor Imaging; Temporal Lobe; Mood Disorders; Anisotropy; Nerve Fibers, Myelinated; Frontal Lobe; Humans