Prefrontal and Hippocampal Brain Volume Deficits: Role of Low Physical Activity on Brain Plasticity in First-Episode Schizophrenia Patients

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 868-879

  McEwen, Sarah C ^a   Hardy, Anthony ^a   Ellingson, Benjamin M ^a   Jarrahi, Behnaz ^a   Sandhu, Navjot ^a   Subotnik, Kenneth L ^a   Ventura, Joseph ^a   Nuechterlein, Keith H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain structure; Cognition; Cortical thickness; Exercise; MRI; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949188930     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617715000983     Document Type: Article

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