Decreased axial diffusivity within language connections: A possible biomarker of schizophrenia risk

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 148, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 67-73

  Kubicki, M ^a   Shenton, M E ^a,b   Maciejewski, P K ^c   Pelavin, P E ^a   Hawley, K J ^a   Ballinger, T ^a   Swisher, T ^a   Jabbar, G A ^c   Thermenos, H W ^c,e,f   Keshavan, M S ^c,e,f   Seidman, L J ^c,d,e,f   DeLisi, L E ^b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Increased familial risk; Schizophrenia; White matter maturation

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; AXIAL DIFFUSIVITY; BRAIN MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERIOR OCCIPITOFRONTAL FASCICULUS; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; INCREASED FAMILIAL RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WHITE MATTER MATURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881028266     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2013.06.014     Document Type: Article

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