Structural magnetic resonance imaging markers of susceptibility and transition to schizophrenia: A review of familial and clinical high risk population studies

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 144-154

  Bois, C ^a   Whalley, H C ^a   McIntosh, A M ^a   Lawrie, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clinical high risk; familial high risk; Schizophrenia; structural magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CONNECTOME; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DELUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; GYRIFICATION INDEX; HALLUCINATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOMARKERS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84922215104     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881114541015     Document Type: Article

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