Uncinate fasciculus abnormalities in recent onset schizophrenia and affective psychosis: A diffusion tensor imaging study

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 119-126

  Kawashima, Toshiro ^a,b,c   Nakamura, Motoaki ^a,b   Bouix, Sylvain ^b   Kubicki, Marek ^a,b   Salisbury, Dean F ^d   Westin, Carl Fredrik ^b   McCarley, Robert W ^a   Shenton, Martha E ^a,b  

^a Laboratory of Neuroscience   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective psychosis; Cingulum bundle; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Schizophrenia; Uncinate fasciculus

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; ETIRACETAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; VALPROIC ACID; WATER;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TREATMENT DURATION; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, PSYCHOTIC; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; PERFORANT PATHWAY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349225033     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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