Anterior limb of the internal capsule in schizophrenia: A diffusion tensor tractography study

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 417-425

  Rosenberger, Gudrun ^a,b   Nestor, Paul G ^c   Oh, Jungsu S ^a,d   Levitt, James J ^a,c   Kindleman, Gordon ^a   Bouix, Sylvain ^a,c   Fitzsimmons, Jennifer ^a   Niznikiewicz, Margaret ^c   Westin, Carl Fredrik ^a   Kikinis, Ron ^a   McCarley, Robert W ^c   Shenton, Martha E ^a,c   Kubicki, Marek ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cognitive neuropsychology; Disconnection; MRI; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CAPSULA INTERNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84865968589     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-012-9152-9     Document Type: Article

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