The neuroanatomy of verbal working memory in schizophrenia: A voxel-based morphometry study

Clinical Schizophrenia and Related Psychoses

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-87

  Spalletta, Gianfranco ^a,b   Tomaiuolo, Francesco ^a   Di Paola, Margherita ^a   Trequattrini, Alberto ^c   Bria, Pietro ^d   Macaluso, Emiliano ^a   Frackowiak, Richard S J ^a,e   Caltagirone, Cario ^a,b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c Department of Mental Health   (Italy)

^d CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Schizophrenia; Voxel based morphometry (VBM); White matter; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TEST; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 42549100922     PISSN: 19351232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3371/CSRP.2.1.6     Document Type: Article

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