A diffusion tensor imaging study of middle and superior cerebellar peduncle in male patients with schizophrenia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 348, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 135-138

  Wang, Fei ^a   Sun, Zhiguo ^b   Du, Xiangke ^b   Wang, Xilin ^a   Cong, Zhong ^a   Zhang, Hongyan ^a   Zhang, Dai ^a   Hong, Nan ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Averaged diffusion coefficient; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Middle cerebellar peduncle; Schizophrenia; Superior cerebellar peduncle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0043157821     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00589-5     Document Type: Article

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