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Amygdala-hippocampal volume and verbal memory in first-degree relatives of schizophrenic patients.
Psychiatry research - 25 Aug 2001
O'Driscoll G A, Florencio P S, Gagnon D, Wolff A V, Benkelfat C, Mikula L, Lal S, Evans A C
Abstract excerpt
Verbal memory deficits have been related to reduced volume of medial temporal structures in several neurological and psychiatric populations, including schizophrenic patients. Impairments in verbal memory have been proposed to be a marker of risk for schizophrenia. Recently, relatives of schizophrenic patients have been reported to have reduced volume of the amygdala-hippocampal complex. In this study, we...
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