Abnormalities of the Left Temporal Lobe and Thought Disorder in Schizophrenia: A Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 327, Issue 9, 1992, Pages 604-612

  Shenton, Martha E ^a,b,c,d   Kikinis, Ron ^e   Jolesz, Ferenc A ^e   Pollak, Seth D ^a,b,c,d   Lemay, Marjorie ^e   Wible, Cynthia G ^a,b,c,d   Hokama, Hiroto ^a,b,c,d   Martin, John ^e   Metcalf, Dave ^e   Coleman, Michael ^a,b,c,d   Mccarley, Robert W ^a,b,c,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN SIZE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL LOBE; THOUGHT DISORDER;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; CHRONIC DISEASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LATERALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0026756067     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199208273270905     Document Type: Article

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