Female specific anterior cingulate abnormality and its association with empathic disability in schizophrenia

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1728-1734

  Fujiwara, Hironobu ^a   Shimizu, Mitsuaki ^a   Hirao, Kazuyuki ^a   Miyata, Jun ^a   Namiki, Chihiro ^a   Sawamoto, Nobukatsu ^a   Fukuyama, Hidenao ^a   Hayashi, Takuji ^a   Murai, Toshiya ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Empathy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Schizophrenia; Social dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; EMPATHY; FANTASY; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERPERSONAL REACTIVITY INDEX; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DISABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOLUMETRY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 51549120330     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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