Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 156, Issue 2 , Pages 93-104 , 15 November 2007

White matter abnormalities associated with auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia: A combined study of voxel-based analyses of diffusion tensor imaging and structural magnetic resonance imaging

  • Jeong-Ho Seok

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Mental Health Hospital, 696-6 Tanbul-dong Gwangju, Gyeonggi, 464-100 South Korea
    • Department of Psychiatry, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang Gyeonggi, South Korea
    • ,
  • Hae-Jeong Park

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Ji-Won Chun

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Mental Health Hospital, 696-6 Tanbul-dong Gwangju, Gyeonggi, 464-100 South Korea
    • ,
  • Seung-Koo Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Hyun Sang Cho

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Mental Health Hospital, 696-6 Tanbul-dong Gwangju, Gyeonggi, 464-100 South Korea
    • Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Jun Soo Kwon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Jae-Jin Kim

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Mental Health Hospital, 696-6 Tanbul-dong Gwangju, Gyeonggi, 464-100 South Korea
    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute of Behavioral Science in Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Mental Health Hospital, 696-6 Tanbul-dong Gwangju, Gyeonggi, 464-100 South Korea. Tel.: +82 31 760 9402; fax: +82 31 761 7582.

Received 15 December 2005 ,Revised 18 January 2007 ,Accepted 3 February 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.02.002

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 156, Issue 2 , Pages 93-104 , 15 November 2007

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