A meta-analysis of diffusion tensor imaging studies of the corpus callosum in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 129, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 149-155

  Patel, Shivani ^a,b,c   Mahon, Katie ^a,b,c   Wellington, Robin ^c   Zhang, Jianping ^a,b   Chaplin, William ^c   Szeszko, Philip R ^a,b,d  

^a FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Diffusion tensor imaging; Genu; Meta analysis; Splenium

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS CALLOSUM GENU; CORPUS CALLOSUM SPLENIUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DRUG USE; EFFECT SIZE; FIRST EPISODE SCHIZOPHRENIA; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957999882     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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