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Reduced superior temporal gyrus volume in young offspring of patients with schizophrenia.
The American journal of psychiatry - 1 Jun 2004
Rajarethinam Rajaprabhakaran, Sahni Sarah, Rosenberg David R, Keshavan Macheri S
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OBJECTIVE: The superior temporal gyrus, a heteromodal auditory and language association cortex, has been found to be smaller in patients with schizophrenia than in normal subjects. However, genetic and/or neurodevelopmental underpinnings of superior temporal gyrus alterations are unknown. Nonpsychotic children with greater genetic risk for schizophrenia exhibit language deficits. The authors studied the superior...
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