Diffusion tensor imaging findings and their implications in schizophrenia

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 179-184

  Kubicki, Marek ^a   Shenton, Martha E ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion Tensor Imaging; inflammation; neurodegeneration; schizophrenia; tract geometry; white matter

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; NEUROBIOLOGY; OLIGODENDROGLIA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84897111439     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: 14736578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YCO.0000000000000053     Document Type: Review

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