Hippocampus and amygdala volumes in children and young adults at high-risk of schizophrenia: Research synthesis

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 76-86

  Ganzola, Rossana ^a   Maziade, Michel ^a,b   Duchesne, Simon ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; High risk; Hippocampus; Neurodevelopment; Neuroimaging; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AMYGDALA HIPPOCAMPAL COMPLEX; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC RISK; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOM; YOUNG ADULT; AGING; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGING; AMYGDALA; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84899982956     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2014.03.030     Document Type: Review

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