Fiber tracking of white matter integrity connecting the mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus and the prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia: A diffusion tensor imaging study

European Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 269-274

  Kito, Shinsuke ^a   Jung, Jiuk ^b   Kobayashi, Tetsuo ^b   Koga, Yoshihiko ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Fiber tracking; Fractional anisotropy; MRI; Schizophrenia; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIODORSAL THALAMIC NUCLEUS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 67649613011     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2008.12.012     Document Type: Article

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