Research Article

Correlation between Peripheral Levels of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Hippocampal Volume in Children and Adolescents with Bipolar Disorder

Table 3

MRI/working memory results ().

AverageStandard deviation

Right hippoc. vola (mm3)4191.05416.30
Left hippoc. volb (mm3)4174.79506.74
Total hippoc. volc (mm3)8365.85901.58
BDNF (pg/µg protein)19.586.33
Digit Span TSd6.661.83
Digit Span IOe4.481.90

Right hippocampus volume; bleft hippocampus volume; ctotal hippocampus volume; all were determined with automatic segmentation method.
dDigit Span Total Score; eDigit Span Inverse Order.