Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 146, Issue 3 , Pages 223-229 , 30 April 2006

Regional axonal abnormalities in first episode schizophrenia: Preliminary evidence based on high b-value diffusion-weighted imaging

  • Avi Mendelsohn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Functional Brain Imaging Unit, Wohl Institute for Advanced Imaging, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Rael D. Strous

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Beer Yaakov Mental Health Center, Beer Yaakov, Israel
    • ,
  • Maya Bleich

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Functional Brain Imaging Unit, Wohl Institute for Advanced Imaging, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Yaniv Assaf

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
    • Functional Brain Imaging Unit, Wohl Institute for Advanced Imaging, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
    • ,
  • Talma Hendler

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
    • Functional Brain Imaging Unit, Wohl Institute for Advanced Imaging, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Functional Brain Imaging Unit, Wohl Institute for Advanced Imaging, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, 6 Weizmann Street, Tel-Aviv 64239, Israel. Tel.: +972 3 6973094; fax: +972 3 6973080.

Received 9 July 2005 ,Revised 14 November 2005 ,Accepted 29 December 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2005.12.010

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 146, Issue 3 , Pages 223-229 , 30 April 2006

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