Hippocampus and amygdala volumes in elderly schizophrenic patients as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-112

  Sachdev, Perminder ^a,b   Brodaty, Henry ^a,b   Cheang, David ^b   Cathcart, Stuart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cognitive deficits; Hippocampus; Late onset; Old age; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYGDALA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0034048981     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2000.00644.x     Document Type: Article

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