Structural and functional alterations of the suicidal brain: an updated review of neuroimaging studies

Brain imaging is a non-invasive and in vivo direct estimation of detailed brain structure, regional brain functioning and estimation of molecular processes in the brain. The main objective of this review was to systematically analyze functional and structural neuroimaging studies in individuals at risk for suicide. We reviewed articles published between 2005 and 2018, indexed in PubMed and Medline, assessing structural and functional alterations of the brain of individuals at high risk for suicide and at low risk for suicide.

Source: Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging - May 18, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Ali Bani-Fatemi, Samia Tasmim, Ariel Graff, Philip Gerretsen, John Strauss, Nathan Kolla, Gianfranco Spalletta, Vincenzo De Luca Tags: Review article Source Type: research