Neurological soft signs predict abnormal cerebellar-thalamic tract development and negative symptoms in adolescents at high risk for psychosis: A longitudinal perspective

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1204-1215

  Mittal, Vijay A ^a   Dean, Derek J ^a   Bernard, Jessica A ^a   Orr, Joseph M ^a   Pelletier Baldelli, Andrea ^a   Carol, Emily E ^a   Gupta, Tina ^a   Turner, Jessica ^b   Leopold, Daniel R ^a   Robustelli, Briana L ^a   Millman, Zachary B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive dysmetria; DTI; neurological soft signs; prodrome; psychosis; superior cerebellar peduncle; UHR

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL SOFT SIGN; NEUROPATHY; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PSYCHOSIS; RISK; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER LESION; ANISOTROPY; DISEASE COURSE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRODROMAL SYMPTOM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CEREBELLUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PRODROMAL SYMPTOMS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905666650     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbt199     Document Type: Article

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