Do antipsychotic drugs affect brain structure? A systematic and critical review of MRI findings

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1763-1777

  Navari, S ^a,b   Dazzan, P ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antipsychotic drugs; Brain; MRI; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

AMISULPRIDE; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; CLOZAPINE; FLUPHENAZINE; HALOPERIDOL; MOLINDONE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SERTINDOLE; TIOTIXENE; TRIFLUOPERAZINE; ZIPRASIDONE;

BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; THALAMUS; VOLUMETRY;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MESENCEPHALON; ORGAN SIZE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THALAMUS;

EID: 70449641192     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291709005315     Document Type: Review

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