Lack of normal pattern of cerebral asymmetry in familial schizophrenic patients and their relatives - The Maudsley Family Study

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-120

  Sharma, Tonmoy ^a   Lancaster, Eric ^b   Sigmundsson, Thordur ^c   Lewis, Shôn ^d   Takei, Noriyoshi ^e   Gurling, Hugh ^f   Barta, Patrick ^b   Pearlson, Godfrey ^b   Murray, Robin ^c  

^a Inst P   (United Kingdom)

^b Division of Psychiatric Neuroimaging   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Sch of Psychiat and Behav Sci   (United Kingdom)

^e HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f Molecular Psychiatry Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral asymmetry; Familial; Genetic; Magnetic resonance imaging; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0032698021     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(99)00143-7     Document Type: Article

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