Localized gray matter volume reductions in the pars triangularis of the inferior frontal gyrus in individuals at clinical high-risk for psychosis and first episode for schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 137, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 124-131

  Iwashiro, Norichika ^a   Suga, Motomu ^a   Takano, Yosuke ^a   Inoue, Hideyuki ^a   Natsubori, Tatsunobu ^a   Satomura, Yoshihiro ^a   Koike, Shinsuke ^a   Yahata, Noriaki ^a,b   Murakami, Mizuho ^a   Katsura, Masaki ^a   Gonoi, Wataru ^a   Sasaki, Hiroki ^a   Takao, Hidemasa ^a   Abe, Osamu ^c   Kasai, Kiyoto ^a,d   Yamasue, Hidenori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

At risk mental state; Broca's region; Mirror neuron system; Prodrome; Volumetric MRI

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIRST EPISODE SCHIZOPHRENIA; GRAY MATTER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENT; PARS TRIANGULARIS; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL STATUS; ULTRA HIGH RISK FOR PSYCHOSIS; VOLUMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860840693     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2012.02.024     Document Type: Article

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