Medial frontal gyrus alterations in schizophrenia: Relationship with duration of illness and executive dysfunction

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 231, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 103-110

  Frascarelli, Marianna ^a,b   Tognin, Stefania ^b   Mirigliani, Alessia ^a   Parente, Fabrizio ^c   Buzzanca, Antonino ^a   Torti, Maria Chiara ^a   Tinelli, Emanuele ^a   Caramia, Francesca ^a   Di Fabio, Fabio ^a   Biondi, Massimo ^a   Fusar Poli, Paolo ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gray matter; Schizophrenia; Voxel based morphometry; Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CHRONICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE DURATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84922844104     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2014.10.017     Document Type: Article

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