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Density values of the corpus callosum in schizophrenic brains
Author(s) -
Kono E.,
Hirano M.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1986.tb02662.x
Subject(s) - corpus callosum , psychology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychiatry , audiology , neuroscience , developmental psychology , medicine
Density values of the corpus callosum and ventricular brain ratio (VBR) were obtained by coronal computerized tomography (CT) in 16 chronic schizophrenic patients and 16 normal controls. The corpus callosum of schizophrenic brains showed no apparent density loss which could indicate a dysfunctional brain. A significant ventricular dilatation was found in the patient group compared with age‐matched controls. This finding was compatible with several former observations with transverse scanning.