Neurological soft signs and brain morphology in first-episode schizophrenia

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 371-379

  Thomann, P A ^a   Wustenberg T ^b   Santos, V Dos ^a   Bachmann, S ^c   Essig, M ^d   Schroder J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurological soft signs; Schizophrenia; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CHLORPROMAZINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GRAY MATTER; HEIDELBERG SCALE; HEREDITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL SOFT SIGN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REMISSION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBICULUM; SYMPTOM; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BRAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 66149167596     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291708003656     Document Type: Article

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