Cortical signature of neurological soft signs in recent onset schizophrenia

Brain Topography

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 296-306

  Hirjak, Dusan ^a   Wolf, Robert Christian ^a   Stieltjes, Bram ^b   Hauser, Thomas ^b   Seidl, Ulrich ^c   Schröder, Johannes ^a   Thomann, Philipp Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical thickness; Freesurfer; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurological soft signs; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894426554     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: 15736792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10548-013-0292-z     Document Type: Article

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