Social impairment in schizophrenia revealed by Autism-Spectrum Quotient correlated with gray matter reduction

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 548-558

  Sasamoto, Akihiko ^a   Miyata, Jun ^a   Hirao, Kazuyuki ^a,b   Fujiwara, Hironobu ^a   Kawada, Ryosaku ^a   Fujimoto, Shinsuke ^a   Tanaka, Yusuke ^a   Kubota, Manabu ^a   Sawamoto, Nobukatsu ^a   Fukuyama, Hidenao ^a   Takahashi, Hidehiko ^a   Murai, Toshiya ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kyoto Bunkyo University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autism Spectrum Quotient; Schizophrenia; Social cognition; Superior temporal sulcus; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84857381923     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2011.575693     Document Type: Article

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