Neurological soft signs and cerebral measurements investigated by means of MRI in schizophrenic patients

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 413, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-87

  Bersani, Giuseppe ^a   Paolemili, Marco ^a   Quartini, Adele ^a   Clemente, Roberta ^a   Gherardelli, Simona ^a   Iannitelli, Angela ^a   Di Biasi, Claudio ^a   Gualdi, Gianfranco ^a   Pancheri, Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evans ratio; Interuncal distance; MRI; Neurological Soft Signs; Schizophrenia; Third Ventricle Width; Verm Cerebellar Atrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EVALUATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGICAL SOFT SIGN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 33846437534     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.11.032     Document Type: Article

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