Alterations in brain structures underlying language function in young adults at high familial risk for schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-71

  Francis, Alan N ^a   Seidman, Larry J ^a,b   Jabbar, Gul A ^a,d   Mesholam Gately, Raquelle ^a   Thermenos, Heidi W ^a,b   Juelich, Richard ^b   Proal, Ashley C ^a,d   Shenton, Martha ^a,c,d   Kubicki, Marek ^a,c,d   Mathew, Ian ^a   Keshavan, Matcheri ^a   DeLisi, Lynn E ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Veterans Affairs   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Brain anatomy; Familial high risk; Language; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ALTERATION; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SIZE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARS ORBITALIS; PARS TRIANGULARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865961337     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2012.07.015     Document Type: Article

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