Alexithymia and reduced white matter integrity in schizophrenia: A diffusion tensor imaging study on impaired emotional self-awareness

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 141, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 137-143

  Kubota, Manabu ^a   Miyata, Jun ^a   Sasamoto, Akihiko ^a   Kawada, Ryosaku ^a   Fujimoto, Shinsuke ^a   Tanaka, Yusuke ^a   Sawamoto, Nobukatsu ^a   Fukuyama, Hidenao ^a   Takahashi, Hidehiko ^a,b   Murai, Toshiya ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Inferior longitudinal fasciculus; MRI; Superior longitudinal fasciculus; TAS 20; Tract based spatial statistics

Indexed keywords

ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIELD OF FOREL; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERIOR FRONTOOCCIPITAL FASCICULUS; INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NEUROIMAGING; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; SUPERIOR FRONTOOCCIPITAL FASCICULUS; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; TORONTO ALEXITHYMIA SCALE; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; AWARENESS; BRAIN MAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866908946     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2012.08.026     Document Type: Article

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