Chronic schizophrenia as a brain misconnection syndrome: A white matter voxel-based morphometry study

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-23

  Spalletta, Gianfranco ^a,b   Tomaiuolo, Francesco ^a   Marino, Vittorio ^a   Bonaviri, Giuseppina ^c   Trequattrini, Alberto ^c   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c Lab Neurol Clin e Comportamentale ^*

Author keywords

Language; Misconnection; Morphometry; MRI; Schizophrenia; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MISCONNECTION SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENDER; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0141679214     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(03)00010-0     Document Type: Article

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