Structural basis of the fronto-thalamic dysconnectivity in schizophrenia: A combined DCM-VBM study

NeuroImage: Clinical

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 95-105

  Wagner, Gerd ^a   Koch, Kathrin ^a,b   Schachtzabel, Claudia ^a   Schultz, C Christoph ^a   Gaser, Christian ^a   Reichenbach, Jürgen R ^a   Sauer, Heinrich ^a   Bär, Karl Jürgen ^a   Schlösser, Ralf G ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; FMRI; Schizophrenia; Thalamus; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CAUSAL MODELING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTO CINGULO THALAMIC NETWORK; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STROOP TEST; THALAMUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84883202924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22131582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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