Book contents
- Mood Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Section 1 General
- Section 2 Anatomical Studies
- Chapter 2 Neuroanatomical Findings in Unipolar Depression and the Role of the Hippocampus
- Chapter 3 Neuroanatomical Findings in Bipolar Disorder
- Chapter 4 Neuroimaging Biomarkers in Pediatric Mood Disorders
- Section 3 Functional and Neurochemical Brain Studies
- Section 4 Novel Approaches in Brain Imaging
- Section 5 Therapeutic Applications of Neuroimaging in Mood Disorders
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Chapter 3 - Neuroanatomical Findings in Bipolar Disorder
from Section 2 - Anatomical Studies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 January 2021
- Mood Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Section 1 General
- Section 2 Anatomical Studies
- Chapter 2 Neuroanatomical Findings in Unipolar Depression and the Role of the Hippocampus
- Chapter 3 Neuroanatomical Findings in Bipolar Disorder
- Chapter 4 Neuroimaging Biomarkers in Pediatric Mood Disorders
- Section 3 Functional and Neurochemical Brain Studies
- Section 4 Novel Approaches in Brain Imaging
- Section 5 Therapeutic Applications of Neuroimaging in Mood Disorders
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Summary
Over the past three decades, numerous cross-sectional neuroimaging studies have reported neuroanatomical abnormalities in patients with bipolar disorder compared with healthy volunteers. These studies have highlighted those anatomical regions likely to harbor pathophysiological abnormalities underpinning the disorder. However, there are inconsistencies in several of the findings reported, and the precise etiology of structural brain abnormalities remains unclear – for example, the extent to which neuroanatomical abnormalities are driving illness development as distinct from consequential to its treatment.
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- Mood DisordersBrain Imaging and Therapeutic Implications, pp. 16 - 27Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021