Suicidal behavior is associated with reduced corpus callosum area

Cyprien, Fabienne; Courtet, Philippe; Malafosse, Alain; Maller, Jerome; Meslin, Chantal; Bonafé, Alain; Le Bars, Emmanuelle; de Champfleur, Nicolas Menjot; Ritchie, Karen; Artero, Sylvaine

doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.02.035

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Suicidal behavior is associated with reduced corpus callosum area

ContributorsCyprien, Fabienne; Courtet, Philippe; Malafosse, Alain; Maller, Jerome; Meslin, Chantal; Bonafé, Alain; Le Bars, Emmanuelle; de Champfleur, Nicolas Menjot; Ritchie, Karen; Artero, Sylvaine

Published inBiological psychiatry, vol. 70, no. 4, p. 320-326

Publication date2011

Abstract

Corpus callosum (CC) size has been associated with cognitive and emotional deficits in a range of neuropsychiatric and mood disorders. As such deficits are also found in suicidal behavior, we investigated specifically the association between CC atrophy and suicidal behavior.

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Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Chi-Square Distribution
Corpus Callosum/pathology
Female
Humans
Interview, Psychological
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Multivariate Analysis
Reproducibility of Results
Residence Characteristics
Retrospective Studies
Suicide/psychology

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CYPRIEN, Fabienne et al. Suicidal behavior is associated with reduced corpus callosum area. In: Biological psychiatry, 2011, vol. 70, n° 4, p. 320–326. doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.02.035

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PID : unige:25701
DOI : 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.02.035
PMID : 21531383

Journal ISSN0006-3223

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Suicidal behavior is associated with reduced corpus callosum area

Corpus callosum (CC) size has been associated with cognitive and emotional deficits in a range of neuropsychiatric and mood disorders. As such deficits are also found in suicidal behavior, we investigated specifically the association between CC atrophy and suicidal behavior.

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