Fronto-thalamic volumetry markers of somatic delusions and hallucinations in schizophrenia

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-64

  Spalletta, Gianfranco ^a   Piras, Fabrizio ^a   Alex Rubino, Ivo ^b   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,b   Fagioli, Sabrina ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

DTI; Schizophrenia; Somatic delusions; Somatic hallucinations; Thalamus; VBM

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE MARKER; DSM-IV-TR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARS TRIANGULARIS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOMATIC DELUSION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARANOID; THALAMUS;

EID: 84875377129     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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