Thalamic shape abnormalities in individuals with schizophrenia and their nonpsychotic siblings

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 50, 2007, Pages 13835-13842

  Harms, Michael P ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Mamah, Daniel ^a   Barch, Deanna M ^a,b   Thompson, Paul A ^a   Csernansky, John G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endophenotype; High dimensional brain mapping; MRI; Schizophrenia; Sibling; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIBLING; THALAMUS; THALAMUS DEFORMITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIBLINGS; THALAMUS;

EID: 37249055926     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2571-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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