Relationship between white matter integrity, attention, and memory in schizophrenia: A diffusion tensor imaging study

Brain Imaging and Behavior

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

  Kubicki, M ^a,b   Niznikiewicz, M ^b   Connor, E ^b   Ungar, L ^b   Nestor, P G ^b   Bouix, S ^a,b   Dreusicke, M ^a   Kikinis, R ^a   McCarley, R W ^b   Shenton, M E ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Diffusion; Memory; Schizophrenia; White matter

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCULATION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 77949654591     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-009-9061-8     Document Type: Article

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