Thalamic and amygdala-hippocampal volume reductions in first-degree relatives of patients with schizophrenia: An MRI-based morphometric analysis

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 941-954

  Seidman, Larry J ^a,b   Faraone, Stephen V ^a,b   Goldstein, Jill M ^a,b   Goodman, Julie M ^a   Kremen, William S ^b,c   Toomey, Rosemary ^a,b   Tourville, Jason ^a   Kennedy, David ^a   Makris, Nikos ^a   Caviness, Verne S ^a   Tsuang, Ming T ^a,b,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Harvard Inst Psychiat E   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala hippocampus; Genetics; MRI; Relatives; Schizophrenia; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032825548     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(99)00075-X     Document Type: Article

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