Brain structural and functional abnormalities in mood disorders: implications for neurocircuitry models of depression

Wayne C. Drevets1, Joseph L. Price2, Maura L. Furey1
1Section on Neuroimaging in Mood and Anxiety Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health (NIH/NIMH DIRP), 15K North Dr., Room 210, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
2Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110 USA

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