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Mean diffusivity: a biomarker for CSF-related disease and genetic liability effects in schizophrenia.
Psychiatry research - 30 Jan 2009
Narr Katherine L, Hageman Nathan, Woods Roger P, Hamilton Liberty S, Clark Kristi, Phillips Owen, Shattuck David W, Asarnow Robert F, Toga Arthur W, Nuechterlein Keith H
Abstract excerpt
Mean diffusivity (MD), the rotationally invariant magnitude of water diffusion that is greater in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and smaller in organized brain tissue, has been suggested to reflect schizophrenia-associated cortical atrophy. Regional changes, associations with CSF, and the effects of g...
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