Abnormal Glucose Metabolism in the Mediodorsal Nucleus of the Thalamus in Schizophrenia

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 305-314

  Hazlett, Erin A ^a   Buchsbaum, Monte S ^a   Kemether, Eileen ^a   Bloom, Rachel ^a   Platholi, Jimcy ^a   Brickman, Adam M ^a   Shihabuddin, Lina ^a   Tang, Cheuk ^a   Byne, William ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CORPUS STRIATUM; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FRONTAL LOBE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 1642568641     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.161.2.305     Document Type: Article

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