Positive symptoms and water diffusivity of the prefrontal and temporal cortices in schizophrenia patients: A pilot study

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-57

  Park, Jin Young ^a,b   Park, Hae Jeong ^b   Kim, Dae Jin ^b   Kim, Jae Jin ^a,b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Gray matter; Positive symptoms; Schizophrenia; Water diffusivity

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; HALOPERIDOL; OLANZAPINE; RISPERIDONE; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PILOT STUDY; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; VOLUMETRY; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; AXONS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PILOT PROJECTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; WATER;

EID: 84921635448     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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