Interhemispheric communication in schizophrenia

Epidemiologia e Psichiatria Sociale

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-22

  Bellani, Marcella ^a,b   Marzi, Carlo Alberto ^a   Brambilla, Paolo ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Interhemispheric communication; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 63049102806     PISSN: 1121189X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1121189x0000141x     Document Type: Article

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