Fractal dimension analysis of subcortical gray matter structures in schizophrenia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Zhao, Guihu ^a,b   Denisova, Kristina ^b,c   Sehatpour, Pejman ^b,d   Long, Jun ^a   Gui, Weihua ^a   Qiao, Jianping ^e   Javitt, Daniel C ^b,d   Wang, Zhishun ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHRONIC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PUTAMEN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBCORTEX; THALAMUS;

EID: 84969753471     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155415     Document Type: Article

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