Prefrontal cortex, negative symptoms, and schizophrenia: an MRI study
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Prefrontal cortex, negative symptoms, and schizophrenia: an MRI study.
The present study measured prefrontal cortical gray and white matter volume in chronic, male schizophrenic subjects who were characterized by a higher proportion of mixed or negative symptoms than previous patients that we have evaluated. Seventeen chronic male schizophrenic subjects and 17 male control subjects were matched on age and handedness. Regions of interest (ROI) were measured using h...
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0925-4927
DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4927(01)00109-3