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Widespread reductions of cortical thickness in schizophrenia and spectrum disorders and evidence of heritability.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 May 2009
Goldman Aaron L, Pezawas Lukas, Mattay Venkata S, Fischl Bruce, Verchinski Beth A, Chen Qiang, Weinberger Daniel R, Meyer-Lindenberg Andreas
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CONTEXT: Schizophrenia is a brain disorder with predominantly genetic risk factors, and previous research has identified heritable cortical and subcortical reductions in local brain volume. To our knowledge, cortical thickness, a measure of particular interest in schizophrenia, has not previously been evaluated in terms of its heritability in relationship to risk for schizophrenia. OBJECTIVE: To quantify the...
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