Grey and white matter abnormalities are associated with impaired spatial working memory ability in first-episode schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 115, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 163-172

  Cocchi, Luca ^a   Walterfang, Mark ^a   Testa, Renée ^a   Wood, Stephen J ^a   Seal, Marc L ^a   Suckling, John ^b   Takahashi, Tsutomu ^a,c   Proffitt, Tina Marie ^a   Brewer, Warrick J ^a   Adamson, Christopher ^a,d   Soulsby, Bridget ^a   Velakoulis, Dennis ^a   McGorry, Patrick D ^a   Pantelis, Christos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^d ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognition; First episode psychosis; Grey matter; Schizophrenia; Voxel based morphometry; White matter; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TASK; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71649096019     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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