A review of structural MRI and diffusion tensor imaging in schizotypal personality disorder

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 70-78

  Hazlett, Erin A ^a,b   Goldstein, Kim E ^c   Kolaitis, Jeanine C ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain volume; Cingulate; Cingulum; Diffusion tensor; Diffusion tensor imaging; DTI; Fractional anisotropy; Frontal lobe; Gray matter; Morphometry; MRI; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia spectrum; Schizotypal personality disorder; Schizotypy; Superior temporal gyrus; Temporal lobe; White matter

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPROTECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; STRUCTURAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER; CINGULATE GYRUS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84857733694     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-011-0241-z     Document Type: Review

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