Systematic meta-review and quality assessment of the structural brain alterations in schizophrenia

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1342-1356

  Shepherd, Alana M ^a,b   Laurens, Kristin R ^a,b,c   Matheson, Sandra L ^a,b   Carr, Vaughan J ^a,b   Green, Melissa J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuroanatomy; Schizophrenia; Structural

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHECKLIST; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BRAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84858437552     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: 18737528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2011.12.015     Document Type: Review

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