Brain Volumes in Relatives of Patients With Schizophrenia
Author(s) -
Heleen B. M. Boos,
André Alemán,
Wiepke Cahn,
Hilleke E. Hulshoff Pol,
René S. Kahn
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.64.3.297
Subject(s) - schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , confidence interval , medicine , temporal lobe , brain size , first degree relatives , meta analysis , magnetic resonance imaging , psychiatry , psychology , audiology , family history , epilepsy , radiology
Smaller brain volumes have consistently been found in patients with schizophrenia, particularly in gray matter and medial temporal lobe structures. Although several studies have investigated brain volumes in nonpsychotic relatives of patients with schizophrenia, results have been inconsistent.
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