Confirmation of reduced temporal limbic structure volume on magnetic resonance imaging in male patients with schizophrenia

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-143

  Becker, Thomas ^a,d   Elmer, Karl ^b   Schneider, Frank ^b   Schneider, Matthias ^a   Grodd, Wolfgang ^b   Bartels, Matthias ^b   Heckers, Stephan ^c   Beckmann, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hippocampal formation; Limbic system; Temporal lobe; Third ventricle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030608040     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0925-4927(96)03002-8     Document Type: Article

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