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Increased hippocampal volume in schizophrenics' parents with ancestral history of schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia research - 1 May 2002
Harris Josette G, Young David A, Rojas Donald C, Cajade-Law Ana, Scherzinger Ann, Nawroz Safia, Adler Lawrence E, Cullum C Munro, Simon Jack, Freedman Robert
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OBJECTIVE: Decreased hippocampal volume is one of the hypothesized pathological features of schizophrenia, but it is not known if this abnormality is familially transmitted. The aim of this study was to measure the hippocampal volume of the parents of schizophrenic probands, in relationship to the apparent transmission of genetic risk. METHOD: Eighteen subjects from families consisting of a schizophrenic proband...
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