Sex-dependent hippocampal volume reductions in schizophrenia relate to episodic memory deficits

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-230

  Exner, Cornelia ^a   Nehrkorn, Barbara ^a,b   Martin, Vera ^a   Huber, Martin ^a   Shiratori, Kiyoshi ^a   Rief, Winfried ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL MEMORY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MEMORY DISORDER; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 85047683752     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/jnp.2008.20.2.227     Document Type: Article

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