Reduction of gyrification index in the cerebellar vermis in schizophrenia: A post-mortem study

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 99-103

  Schmitt, Andrea ^a,b   Schulenberg, Wiebke ^a   Bernstein, Hans Gert ^c   Steiner, Johann ^c   Schneider Axmann, Thomas ^a   Yeganeh Doost, Peyman ^a   Malchow, Berend ^a   Hasan, Alkomiet ^a   Gruber, Oliver ^a   Bogerts, Bernhard ^c   Falkai, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Gyrification index; Post mortem; Schizophrenia; Vermis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GYRIFICATION INDEX; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STEREOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADULT; CEREBELLUM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS;

EID: 80052730507     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15622975.2010.512090     Document Type: Article

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