Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 154, Issue 2 , Pages 133-145 , 28 February 2007

Progressive changes of white matter integrity in schizophrenia revealed by diffusion tensor imaging

  • Takeyuki Mori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, National Center Hospital for Mental, Nervous, and Muscular Disorders, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa Higashi, Kodaira City, Tokyo, 187-8551, Japan
    • Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa Higashi, Kodaira City, Tokyo, 187-8551, Japan
    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Saitama Medical School Hospital. 38 Morohongo Moroyama-machi, Iruma-gun, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan
    • Tel.: +81 42 341 2711.
    • Tel: +81 49 276 1111.
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  • Takashi Ohnishi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, National Center Hospital for Mental, Nervous, and Muscular Disorders, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa Higashi, Kodaira City, Tokyo, 187-8551, Japan
    • Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa Higashi, Kodaira City, Tokyo, 187-8551, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiology, National Center Hospital for Mental, Nervous, and Muscular Disorders, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa Higashi, Kodaira City, Tokyo, 187-8551, Japan. Tel.: +81 42 341 2711; fax: +81 42 346 1790.
    • Tel.: +81 42 341 2711.
    • ,
  • Ryota Hashimoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa Higashi, Kodaira City, Tokyo, 187-8551, Japan
    • The Osaka-Hamamatsu Joint Research Center For Child Mental Development, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
    • Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
    • Tel.: +81 42 341 2711.
    • D3, 2-2, Yamadaoka, Suita City, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan. Tel.: +81 6 6879 3074.
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  • Kiyotaka Nemoto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, National Center Hospital for Mental, Nervous, and Muscular Disorders, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa Higashi, Kodaira City, Tokyo, 187-8551, Japan
    • Tel.: +81 42 341 2711.
    • ,
  • Yoshiya Moriguchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, National Center Hospital for Mental, Nervous, and Muscular Disorders, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa Higashi, Kodaira City, Tokyo, 187-8551, Japan
    • Tel.: +81 42 341 2711.
    • ,
  • Hiroko Noguchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa Higashi, Kodaira City, Tokyo, 187-8551, Japan
    • Tel.: +81 42 341 2711.
    • ,
  • Tetsuo Nakabayashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa Higashi, Kodaira City, Tokyo, 187-8551, Japan
    • Department of Psychiatry, National Center Hospital for Mental, Nervous, and Muscular Disorders, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa Higashi, Kodaira City, Tokyo, 187-8551, Japan
    • Tel.: +81 42 341 2711.
    • ,
  • Hiroaki Hori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa Higashi, Kodaira City, Tokyo, 187-8551, Japan
    • Tel.: +81 42 341 2711.
    • ,
  • Seichi Harada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, National Center Hospital for Mental, Nervous, and Muscular Disorders, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa Higashi, Kodaira City, Tokyo, 187-8551, Japan
    • Tel.: +81 42 341 2711.
    • ,
  • Osamu Saitoh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, National Center Hospital for Mental, Nervous, and Muscular Disorders, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa Higashi, Kodaira City, Tokyo, 187-8551, Japan
    • Tel.: +81 42 341 2711.
    • ,
  • Hiroshi Matsuda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, National Center Hospital for Mental, Nervous, and Muscular Disorders, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa Higashi, Kodaira City, Tokyo, 187-8551, Japan
    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Saitama Medical School Hospital. 38 Morohongo Moroyama-machi, Iruma-gun, Saitama, 350-0495, Japan
    • Tel.: +81 42 341 2711.
    • Tel: +81 49 276 1111.
    • ,
  • Hiroshi Kunugi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Disorder Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa Higashi, Kodaira City, Tokyo, 187-8551, Japan
    • Tel.: +81 42 341 2711.

Received 16 March 2006 ,Revised 6 July 2006 ,Accepted 11 September 2006.

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PII: S0925-4927(06)00135-1

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.09.004

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 154, Issue 2 , Pages 133-145 , 28 February 2007

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