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Gray matter loss in young relatives at risk for schizophrenia: relation with prodromal psychopathology.
NeuroImage - 1 Jan 2011
Bhojraj Tejas S, Sweeney John A, Prasad Konasale M, Eack Shaun M, Francis Alan N, Miewald Jean M, Montrose Debra M, Keshavan Matcheri S
Abstract excerpt
The maturation of neocortical regions mediating social cognition during adolescence and young adulthood in relatives of schizophrenia patients may be vulnerable to heritable alterations of neurodevelopment. Prodromal psychotic symptoms, commonly emerging during this period in relatives, have been hypothesized to result from alterations in brain regions mediating social cognition. We hypothesized these regions to...
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