Structural alterations of the social brain: A comparison between schizophrenia and autism

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Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Radeloff, Daniel ^a   Ciaramidaro, Angela ^a   Siniatchkin, Michael ^a   Hainz, Daniela ^a   Schlitt, Sabine ^a   Weber, Bernhard ^a,d   Poustka, Fritz ^a   Bölte, Sven ^a,b   Walter, Henrik ^a,c   Freitag, Christine Margarete ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INSULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL COGNITION; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907010604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106539     Document Type: Article

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