Article
Regional gray matter, white matter, and cerebrospinal fluid distributions in schizophrenic patients, their siblings, and controls.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Dec 1998
Cannon T D, van Erp T G, Huttunen M, Lönnqvist J, Salonen O, Valanne L, Poutanen V P, Standertskjöld-Nordenstam C G, Gur R E, Yan M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cortical gray matter volume reductions and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) volume increases are robust correlates of schizophrenia, but their sources have not been established conclusively. METHODS: Structured diagnostic interviews and magnetic resonance imaging scans of the brain were obta...
Topics
- Adult
- Brain
- Cerebral Ventricles
- Cerebrospinal Fluid
- Family
- Female
- Finland
- Frontal Lobe
- Functional Laterality
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Psychotic Disorders