Neurological Soft Signs and Corpus Callosum morphology in schizophrenia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 499, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 170-174

  Bersani, G ^a   Quartini, A ^a   Paolemili, M ^a   Clemente, R ^a   Iannitelli, A ^a   Di Biasi, C ^b   Gualdi, G ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corpus Callosum; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Neurological Soft Signs; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE SENSORY FUNCTION SCALE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR COORDINATION SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGICAL EVALUATION SCALE; NEUROLOGICAL SOFT SIGN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SEQUENCING OF COMPLEX MOTOR ACTS SCALE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ATROPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 79960082530     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.05.046     Document Type: Article

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