Specific brain structural abnormalities in first-episode schizophrenia. A comparative study with patients with schizophreniform disorder, non-schizophrenic non-affective psychoses and healthy volunteers.

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 115, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 191-201

  Crespo Facorro, Benedicto ^a   Roiz Santiáñez, Roberto ^a   Pérez Iglesias, Rocío ^a   Tordesillas Gutiérrez, Diana ^a   Mata, Ignacio ^a   Rodríguez Sánchez, José Manuel ^a   de Lucas, Enrique Marco ^a   Vázquez Barquero, José Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Endophenotype; Gray matter; Lateral ventricle; MRI; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ARIPIPRAZOLE; HALOPERIDOL; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; ZIPRASIDONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NON SCHIZOPHRENIC NON AFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71949108249     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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