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Thalamic volume in first-episode and chronic schizophrenic subjects: a volumetric MRI study.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Feb 2005
Preuss U W, Zetzsche T, Jäger M, Groll C, Frodl T, Bottlender R, Leinsinger G, Hegerl U, Hahn K, Möller H J, Meisenzahl E M
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OBJECTIVE: The thalamus, as a composite of several functionally very different nuclei, is a major relay and filter station in the CNS and is significantly involved in information processing and gating. The aim of our study is to investigate first-episode and chronic patients and controls to shed light on the potential pathogenetic role of the thalamus in schizophrenia and to assess the relationship between...
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