Is schizophrenia a neurodegenerative disorder?

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 196-201

  Rund, Bjørn Rishovd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brain structures; Degeneration; Neurocognition; Neurodevelopmental process; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL LOBE; BRAIN; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PARIETAL LOBE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 70349578969     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480902767286     Document Type: Review

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