Reduction in hippocampal formation volume is caused mainly by its shortening in chronic schizophrenia: Assessment by MRI

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 938-945

  Fukuzako, Hiroshi ^a,c   Fukuzako, Tsuyoshi ^a   Hashiguchi, Tomo ^a   Hokazono, Yoshiro ^a   Takeuchi, Kouzou ^a   Hirakawa, Kyuroku ^a   Ueyama, Kenichi ^a   Takigawa, Morikuni ^a   Kajiya, Yoshiki ^a   Nakajo, Masayuki ^a   Fujimoto, Toshiro ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b South Japan Health Science Center   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Disorganization; Hippocampal formation; Length and volume; Magnetic resonance imaging; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0029941119     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)00251-0     Document Type: Article

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