Normal cerebral asymmetry in familial and non-familial schizophrenic probands and their unaffected relatives

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-40

  Chapple, Ben ^a   Grech, Anton ^a   Sham, Pak ^a   Toulopoulou, Timothea ^a   Walshe, Muriel ^a   Schulze, Katja ^a   Morgan, Kevin ^a   Murray, Robin M ^a   McDonald, Colm ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebral asymmetry; Family study; MRI; Schizophrenia; Torque

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 1642483064     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(03)00095-1     Document Type: Article

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