Alterations of White Matter Integrity Related to the Season of Birth in Schizophrenia: A DTI Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Giezendanner, Stéphanie ^a   Walther, Sebastian ^a   Razavi, Nadja ^a   Van Swam, Claudia ^a   Fisler, Melanie Sarah ^a   Soravia, Leila Maria ^a   Andreotti, Jennifer ^a   Schwab, Simon ^a   Jann, Kay ^a   Wiest, Roland ^a   Horn, Helge ^a   Müller, Thomas Jörg ^a   Dierks, Thomas ^a   Federspiel, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CAPSULA INTERNA; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTERNAL CAPSULE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTO OCCIPITAL FASCICULUS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ONSET AGE; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER INTERGRITY; WINTER;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; AXONS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PARTURITION; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884684728     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0075508     Document Type: Article

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