Altered thalamo-cortical white matter connectivity: Probabilistic tractography study in clinical-high risk for psychosis and first-episode psychosis

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 723-731

  Cho, Kang Ik K ^a   Shenton, Martha E ^b,c   Kubicki, Marek ^b   Jung, Wi Hoon ^d   Lee, Tae Young ^a   Yun, Je Yeon ^a   Kim, Sung Nyun ^a   Kwon, Jun Soo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical high risk; first episode psychosis; schizophrenia; thalamus; tractographythalamocortical

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL HIGH RISK FOR PSYCHOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSIS; THALAMO CORTICAL WHITE MATTER CONNECTIVITY; THALAMUS; TRACTOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT; NERVE TRACT; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84966295056     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbv169     Document Type: Article

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