Cavum septi pellucidi in normals and patients with schizophrenia as detected by magnetic resonance imaging

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1102-1108

  Nopoulos, Peg ^a   Swayze, Victor ^a   Flaum, Michael ^a   Ehrhardt, James C ^a   Yuh, William T C ^a   Andreasen, Nancy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

brain anomalies; cavum septi pellucidi; gender differences; neurodevelopmental; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

EID: 0030897688     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(96)00209-0     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Andreasen N, Nasrallah HA, Dunn V, et al (1986): Structural abnormalities in the frontal system in schizophrenia. Arch Gen Psychiatry 43:136-144.
2. Andreasen N, Flaum M, Amdt S (1992): The Comprehensive Assessment of Symptoms and History (CASH): An instrument for assessing diagnosis and psychopathology. Arch Gen Psychiatry 49:615-623.
3. Barr M, Kieman J (1988): The Human Nervous System: An Anatomical Viewpoint. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company.
4. Bloom F (1993): Advancing a neurodevelopmental origin for schizophrenia. Arch Gen Psychiatry 50:224-227.
5. Bogerts B (1990): The neuropathology of schizophrenia: Pathophysiological and neurodevelopmental implications. In Mednick SA, Cannon TD, Barr CE, Lyon M (eds), Fetal Neural Development and Adult Schizophrenia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press pp 153-173.
6. Bogerts B, Ashtari M, Degreef G, Alvi RJ, Bilder R, Lieberman J (1990): Reduced temporal limbic structure volumes on magnetic resonance images in first episode schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 35:1-13.
7. Bonitz G (1969): Zur klinisch-diagnostischen Bedeutung des erweiterten und kommunizierenden Cavum septi pellucidi. Nervenarzt 40:121-128.
8. Bruyn G (1977): Agenesis septi pellucidi, cavum septi pellucidi, cavum vergae and cavum veli interpositi. In Vinken PF, Bruyn GW (eds), Handbook of Clinical Neurology. Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp 299-336.
9. Corsellis JN, Bruton CJ, Freeman-Browne D (1973): The aftermath of boxing. Psychol Med 3:270-303.
10. David A, Wacharasindhu A, Lishman A (1993): Severe psychiatric disturbance and abnormalities of the corpus callosum: Review and case series. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 56:85-93.
11. Degreef G, Bogerts B, Falkai P, et al (1992a): Increased prevalence of the cavum septum pellucidum in magnetic resonance scans and post-mortem brains of schizophrenic patients. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 45:1-13.
12. Degreef G, Lantos G, Bogerts B, Ashtari M, Lieberman J (1992b): Abnormalities of the septum pellucidum on MR scans in first-episode schizophrenic patients. Am J Neuroradiol 13:835-840.
13. DeLisi LE, Lieberman J (1991): Longitudinal perspectives on the pathophysiology of schizophrenia: Examining the neurodevelopmental versus neurodegenerative hypotheses. Schizophr Res 5:183-210.
14. DeLisi LE, Hoff AL, Kushner M, Degreef G (1993): Increased prevalence of cavum septum pellucidum in schizophrenia. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 50:193-199.
15. Farrugia S, Babcock DS (1981): The cavum septi pellucidi: Its appearance and incidence with cranial ultrasonography in infancy. Radiology 139:147-150.
16. Flaum M, Amdt S, Andreasen NC (1990): The role of gender in studies of ventricular enlargement in schizophrenia: A predominantly male effect. Am J Psychiatry 147:1327-1332.
17. Hughes RA, Kemohan JW, Winchell MK (1955): Caves and cysts of the septum pellucidum. Arch Neurol Psychiatry 74:259-266.
18. Jurjus GJ, Nasrallah HA, Olson SC, Schwarzdopf SB (1993): Cavum septum pellucidum in schizophrenia, affective disorder and healthy controls: A magnetic resonance imaging study. Psychol Med 23:319-322.
19. Larroche JC, Baudey J (1961): Cavum septi pellucidi, cavum vergae, cavum veli interpositi: Cavities de la ligne mediane. Etude anatomique et pneumoencephalographique dans la peridode neonatale. Biologia Neonate 3:193-236.
20. Lewis SW, Mezey GC (1985): Clinical correlates of septum pellucidum cavities: An unusual association with psychosis. Psychol Med 15:43-54.
21. Lowman RM, Shapiro R, Collins LC (1948): The significance of the widened septum pellucidum. Am J Roentgenol 592:177-196.
22. Martin J (1989): Neuroanatomy: Text and Atlas. New York: Elsevier.
23. Murray RB, O'Callaghan E, Castle DJ, Lewis SW (1992): A neurodevelopmental approach to the classification of schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull 182:319-332.
24. Nakano S, Hojo H, Kataoka K, Ramasak S (1981): Age related incidence of cavum septi pellucidi and cavum vergae on CT scans of pediatric patients. J Comput Assist Tomogr 5:348-349.
25. Roberts M, Hanaway J, Morest D (1987): Atlas of the Human Brain in Section, 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger.
26. Sarwar M (1989): The septum pellucidum: Normal and abnormal. Am J Neuroradiol 10:989-1005.
27. Schwidde JT (1952): Incidence of cavum septi pellucidi and cavum vergae in 1,032 human brains. Arch Neurol Psychiatry 67:625-633.
28. Scott TF, Price TP, George MS, Brillman J, Rothfus W (1993): Cerebral malformations and schizophrenia. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 5:287-293.
29. Shaw CM, Alvord EC (1969): Cavum septi pellucidi et vergae: Their normal and pathological states. Brain 92:213-224.
30. Shunk H (1963): Congenital dilatations of the septi pellucidum. Radiology 81:610-618.
31. Sonntag I, Nadjmi M, Lajosi F, Fuchs G (1971): Anlagebedingte Gehimanomalien der Mittellinie. Nervenarzt 42:531-539.
32. Suddath RL, Casanova MF, Goldberg TE, Daniel DG, Kelsoe JR, Weinberger DR (1989): Temporal lobe pathology in schizophrenia: A quantitative magnetic resonance imaging study. Am J Psychiatry 146:464-472.
33. Swayze VWI, Andreasen NC, Ehrhardt JC, Yuh WTC, Alliger RJ, Cohen G (1990): Developmental abnormalities of the corpus callosum in schizophrenia. Arch Neurol 47:805-808.
34. VanWagenen WP, Aird RB (1934): Dilatations of the cavity of the septum pellucidum and cavum vergae. Am J Cancer 23:539-557.
35. Verga A ( 1851 ): Sul ventriculo della volta a tre pelastri. Gazzetta Medica Lombarda 2(series 37):1851.