Abnormal microstructures of the basal ganglia in schizophrenia revealed by diffusion tensor imaging

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 65-69

  Hashimoto, Ryota ^a,b   Mori, Takeyuki ^b   Nemoto, Kiyotaka ^b   Moriguchi, Yoshiya ^b   Noguchi, Hiroko ^b   Nakabayashi, Tetsuo ^b   Hori, Hiroaki ^b   Harada, Seiichi ^b   Kunugi, Hiroshi ^b   Saitoh, Osamu ^b   Ohnishi, Takashi ^b,c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Diffusion tensor imaging; Globus pallidus; MRI; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; MYELINATION; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THALAMUS;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BASAL GANGLIA; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THALAMUS;

EID: 61649124898     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15622970701762536     Document Type: Article

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