White matter differences among adolescents reporting psychotic experiences: A population-based diffusion magnetic resonance imaging study

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 668-677

  O'Hanlon, Erik ^a,b   Leemans, Alexander ^c   Kelleher, Ian ^a   Clarke, Mary C ^a   Roddy, Sarah ^a   Coughlan, Helen ^a   Harley, Michelle ^a   Amico, Francesco ^a   Hoscheit, Matthew J ^a   Tiedt, Lauren ^a   Tabish, Javeria ^a   McGettigan, Anna ^a   Frodl, Thomas ^a,b,d   Cannon, Mary ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRELAND; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OCCIPITOFRONTAL FASCICULUS; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PSYCHOSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRACTOGRAPHY; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; PUTAMEN;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DELUSIONS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; PUTAMEN; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84937406849     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.0137     Document Type: Article

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