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Doç. Dr. Kaan Yücel

İzmir Demokrasi Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi
Verified email at idu.edu.tr
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A meta-analysis examining clinical predictors of hippocampal volume in patients with major depressive disorder

MC McKinnon, K Yucel, A Nazarov… - Journal of Psychiatry and …, 2009 - jpn.ca
Background: Some, although not all, studies report small hippocampal volume in patients
with major depressive disorder (MDD) relative to healthy controls. Here, we explore the …

Posterior hippocampal volumes are associated with remission rates in patients with major depressive disorder

GM MacQueen, K Yucel, VH Taylor, K Macdonald… - Biological …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The hippocampus (HC) is smaller in patients with recurrent major
depressive disorder (MDD), but few longitudinal studies have examined whether volume is …

Bilateral hippocampal volume increases after long-term lithium treatment in patients with bipolar disorder: a longitudinal MRI study

K Yucel, MC McKinnon, VH Taylor, K Macdonald… - …, 2007 - Springer
Rationale The majority of volumetric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of the
hippocampus in patients with bipolar disorder (BD) show no differences in hippocampal volume …

[HTML][HTML] Bilateral hippocampal volume increase in patients with bipolar disorder and short-term lithium treatment

K Yucel, VH Taylor, MC McKinnon… - …, 2008 - nature.com
Most previous magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies of patients with bipolar disorder (BD)
report similar hippocampus (HC) volumes across patients and controls, but because …

[HTML][HTML] Anterior cingulate volumes in never-treated patients with major depressive disorder

K Yucel, MC McKinnon, R Chahal, VH Taylor… - …, 2008 - nature.com
The anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) is implicated in the cognitive and affective abnormalities
observed in mood disorders. Bilateral ACC volume reductions have been reported in …

Hippocampal metabolic abnormalities at first onset and with recurrent episodes of a major depressive disorder: a proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study

A Milne, GM MacQueen, K Yucel, N Soreni, GBC Hall - Neuroimage, 2009 - Elsevier
The neural underpinnings of major depressive disorder (MDD) are unknown but there is
evidence for structural alteration in the hippocampus that may become more pronounced over …

Subgenual anterior cingulate cortex and hippocampal volumes in depressed youth: the role of comorbidity and age

N Jaworska, K Yücel, A Courtright… - Journal of affective …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objectives Many studies have reported that adults with recurrent major depressive disorder (MDD)
have smaller hippocampal volumes than control participants. The data are more …

Cerebellar vermis volume in major depressive disorder

K Yucel, A Nazarov, VH Taylor, K Macdonald… - Brain Structure and …, 2013 - Springer
The vermis is located in the midline of the cerebellum and is involved in the regulation of affect
and cognitive processes. Although changes in vermis size have been reported in several …

Increased subgenual prefrontal cortex size in remitted patients with major depressive disorder

K Yucel, M McKinnon, R Chahal, V Taylor… - Psychiatry Research …, 2009 - Elsevier
Bilateral reductions in the volume of the anterior cingulate cortex have been reported in patients
with major depressive disorder (MDD) when compared with findings in healthy controls. …

Correlation of serum BDNF levels with hippocampal volumes in first episode, medication-free depressed patients

…, O Kitis, F Taneli, OD Eker, E Ozan, K Yucel… - European archives of …, 2010 - Springer
The hippocampus seems to be affected in MDD, and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)
has positive effects on neurogenesis within the hippocampus. Although there are …