Magnetic resonance imaging of mediodorsal, pulvinar, and centromedian nuclei of the thalamus in patients with schizophrenia

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 983-991

  Kemether, Eileen M ^b   Buchsbaum, Monte S ^a   Byne, William ^b   Hazlett, Erin A ^b   Haznedar, Mehmet ^b   Brickman, Adam M ^b   Platholi, Jimcy ^b   Bloom, Rachel ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN SLICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULVINAR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTRALAMINAR THALAMIC NUCLEI; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; MIDDLE AGED; PULVINAR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; THALAMIC NUCLEI; THALAMUS;

EID: 0141641040     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.60.9.983     Document Type: Article

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