Altered volume and lateralization of language-related regions in first-episode schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 148, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 168-174

  Sheng, Jianhua ^a   Zhu, Yikang ^a   Lu, Zheng ^a,b   Liu, Na ^a   Huang, Nan ^a   Zhang, Zhongwei ^c   Tan, Ling ^c   Li, Chunbo ^a   Yu, Xin ^d,e  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY SIXTH HOSPITAL   (China)

^e BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral asymmetry; First episode schizophrenia; Gray matter change; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIRST EPISODE SCHIZOPHRENIA; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INSULA; LANGUAGE; LINGUAL GYRUS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

CEREBRAL ASYMMETRY; FIRST-EPISODE SCHIZOPHRENIA; GRAY MATTER CHANGE; NEUROPATHOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881029747     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2013.05.021     Document Type: Article

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