Age of onset of schizophrenia: Perspectives from structural neuroimaging studies

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 504-513

  Gogtay, Nitin ^a   Vyas, Nora S ^a   Testa, Renee ^b   Wood, Stephen J ^b,c   Pantelis, Christos ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescent; brain development; high risk; neural circuitry; prefrontal cortex; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955387779     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbr030     Document Type: Article

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