Regional thinning of the cerebral cortex in schizophrenia: Effects of diagnosis, age and antipsychotic medication

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 16-28

  Nesvåg, Ragnar ^a   Lawyer, Glenn ^b   Varnäs, Katarina ^b   Fjell, Anders M ^b   Walhovd, Kristine B ^b   Frigessi, Arnoldo ^b   Jönsson, Erik G ^c   Agartz, Ingrid ^a,b,c  

^a DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antipsychotic medication; Cortical thickness; Freesurfer; Magnetic resonance imaging; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOZAPINE; FLUPENTIXOL; HALOPERIDOL; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PERPHENAZINE; RISPERIDONE; ZUCLOPENTHIXOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PIA MATER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THICKNESS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SWEDEN; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 36849022590     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.09.015     Document Type: Article

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