Open AccessInternal capsule integrity and its sex-related structural differences in early-onset schizophrenia - diffusion tensor imaging study.
Author(s) -
Marta Gawłowska,
Jolanta RabeJabłońska,
Piotr Gębski,
Piotr Chomczyński
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
psychiatria polska
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 2391-5854
pISSN - 0033-2674
DOI - 10.12740/pp/25161
Subject(s) - internal capsule , diffusion mri , fractional anisotropy , analysis of variance , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , pathological , medicine , psychology , capsule , magnetic resonance imaging , biology , psychiatry , radiology , white matter , botany
In schizophrenia, the most repeatable DTI findings concern reduced FA in temporal and frontal lobes with associated abnormalities in connecting neural fibers. The goal of study was to evaluate the differences in FA of the internal capsule in EOS-patients and healthy controls and to place emphasis on the sex as a potential factor determining a predominant pathological pattern of described changes.