Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 147, Issue 2 , Pages 153-161 , 30 October 2006

Automated ROI-based brain parcellation analysis of frontal and temporal brain volumes in schizophrenia

  • Pilar Lopez-Garcia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, University of Navarra, University Hospital, Ave Pio XII 36, Pamplona 31080, Spain.
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  • Howard J. Aizenstein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, United States
    • ,
  • Beth E. Snitz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, United States
    • ,
  • Ryan P. Walter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, United States
    • ,
  • Cameron S. Carter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, United States

Received 29 August 2005 ,Revised 5 April 2006 ,Accepted 10 April 2006.

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☆ Data from this study was presented at the 59th Annual Scientific Convention of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, New York, NY, 29 April–1 May 2004.

PII: S0925-4927(06)00069-2

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.04.007

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 147, Issue 2 , Pages 153-161 , 30 October 2006

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