Amygdala volume in a population with special educational needs at high risk of schizophrenia

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 945-954

  Welch, K A ^a   Stanfield, A C ^a   Moorhead, T W ^a   Haga, K ^a   Owens, D C G ^a   Lawrie, S M ^a   Johnstone, E C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cognitive impairment; High risk; Learning disability; Magnetic resonance imaging; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LEARNING DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77952421381     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291709990870     Document Type: Article

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