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Childhood adversity and hippocampal and amygdala volumes in a population at familial high risk of schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Aug 2016
Barker V, Bois C, Neilson E, Johnstone E C, Owens D G C, Whalley H C, McIntosh A M, Lawrie S M
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BACKGROUND: There is an established link between childhood adversity (CA) and schizophrenia. Hippocampus and amygdala abnormalities pre-date onset in those at high familial risk (fHR) of schizophrenia, but it is not clear whether these alterations are associated with CA in those at elevated risk of schizophrenia. METHODS: We examined hippocampal and amygdala volumes in those at fHR who had been referred to a...
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