Neurological soft signs are not "soft" in brain structure and functional networks: Evidence from ALE meta-analysis

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 626-641

  Zhao, Qing ^a,b,c   Li, Zhi ^a,b   Huang, Jia ^a   Yan, Chao ^a,b   Dazzan, Paola ^d   Pantelis, Christos ^e   Cheung, Eric F C ^f   Lui, Simon S Y ^a,b,f   Chan, Raymond C K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f CASTLE PEAK HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

activation; brain; estimation; imaging; likelihood; meta analysis; neurological; psychosis; schizophrenia; signs; soft

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INSULA; LIMBIC CORTEX; LINGUAL GYRUS; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL SOFT SIGN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PRECUNEUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PUTAMEN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; META ANALYSIS; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PUTAMEN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS;

EID: 84898953047     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbt063     Document Type: Article

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