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Alterations in the cerebral white matter of genetic high risk offspring of patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder.
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry - 10 Jan 2013
Francis Alan N, Bhojraj Tejas S, Prasad Konasale M, Montrose Debra, Eack Shaun M, Rajarethinam Rajaprabhakaran, van Elst Ludger T, Keshavan Matcheri S
Abstract excerpt
Alterations in white matter (WM) may be seen in young relatives at risk and may underlie vulnerability to schizophrenia. We were interested in exploring which of the WM regions were altered in adolescent offspring at familial risk for schizophrenia. We examined structural alterations in the offspring of subjects with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder (HR; n=65; 36 males) and healthy controls (HC; n=80: 37...
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