A family affair: Brain abnormalities in siblings of patients with schizophrenia

Brain

Volumn 136, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3215-3226

  Moran, Marcel E ^a   Pol, Hilleke Hulshoff ^b   Gogtay, Nitin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endophenotype; Grey matter; Imaging; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT DISEASE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ENDOPHENOTYPE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENETIC RISK; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIBLING RELATION; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

EID: 84889791496     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awt116     Document Type: Review

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