Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 146, Issue 1 , Pages 21-33 , 30 January 2006

Regional specificity of cerebrospinal fluid abnormalities in first episode schizophrenia

  • Katherine L. Narr

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of NeuroImaging, Division of Brain Mapping, UCLA School of Medicine, 710 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769, USA
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  • Robert M. Bilder

      Affiliations

    • Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center, Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Roger P. Woods

      Affiliations

    • Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center, Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Paul M. Thompson

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of NeuroImaging, Division of Brain Mapping, UCLA School of Medicine, 710 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769, USA
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  • Philip Szeszko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry Research, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, North-Shore Long Island Jewish Health Systems, Glen Oaks, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Delbert Robinson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry Research, The Zucker Hillside Hospital, North-Shore Long Island Jewish Health Systems, Glen Oaks, NY, USA
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  • Martina Ballmaier

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of NeuroImaging, Division of Brain Mapping, UCLA School of Medicine, 710 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769, USA
    • ,
  • Bradley Messenger

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of NeuroImaging, Division of Brain Mapping, UCLA School of Medicine, 710 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769, USA
    • ,
  • YungPing Wang

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of NeuroImaging, Division of Brain Mapping, UCLA School of Medicine, 710 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769, USA
    • ,
  • Arthur W. Toga

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of NeuroImaging, Division of Brain Mapping, UCLA School of Medicine, 710 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769, USA
    • Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center, Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Laboratory of NeuroImaging, Department of Neurology, Division of Brain Mapping, UCLA School of Medicine, 710 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769, USA. Tel.: +1 310 206 2101; fax: +1 310 206 5518.

Received 22 July 2005 ,Revised 5 October 2005 ,Accepted 15 October 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2005.10.005

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 146, Issue 1 , Pages 21-33 , 30 January 2006

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