Corpus callosum abnormalities and potential age effect in men with schizophrenia: An MRI comparative study

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-125

  Bersani, Giuseppe ^a   Quartini, Adele ^a   Iannitelli, Angela ^a   Paolemili, Marco ^a   Ratti, Flavia ^a   Di Biasi, Claudio ^a   Gualdi, Gianfranco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lifetime neuroleptic consumption; Motor tasks deficit; Schizophrenia; Visual processing dysfunction; White matter; Witelson's method

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STUDENT T TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955057770     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.04.011     Document Type: Article

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