Application of a new image analysis technique to study brain asymmetry in schizophrenia

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-35

  Mackay, Clare E ^a   Barrick, Thomas R ^b   Roberts, Neil ^b   DeLisi, Lynn E ^c   Maes, Frederik ^d   Vandermeulen, Dirk ^d   Crow, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cerebral asymmetry; MRI; Psychosis; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; MALE; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; VISUAL MASKING; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0141428984     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4927(03)00088-X     Document Type: Article

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