A diffusion tensor imaging study of the anterior limb of the internal capsule in schizophrenia

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 143-150

  Levitt, James J ^a,b   Kubicki, Marek ^a,b   Nestor, Paul G ^a   Ersner Hershfield, Hal ^b   Westin, C F ^b   Alvarado, Jorge L ^b   Kikinis, Ron ^b   Jolesz, Ferenc A ^b   McCarley, Robert W ^a   Shenton, Martha E ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior limb of the internal capsule; Diffusion tensor imaging; Prefrontal cortex; Schizophrenia; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTERIOR LIMB OF THE INTERNAL CAPSULE; ARTICLE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPISODIC MEMORY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL STATUS; SPATIAL MEMORY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERNAL CAPSULE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 78449260501     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.08.004     Document Type: Article

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