Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 156, Issue 1 , Pages 23-32 , 15 October 2007

Impaired facial emotion recognition and reduced amygdalar volume in schizophrenia

  • Chihiro Namiki

      Affiliations

    • Human Brain Research Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara-cho, Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan. Tel.: +81 75 751 3603l; fax: +81 75 751 3246.
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  • Kazuyuki Hirao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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  • Makiko Yamada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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  • Takashi Hanakawa

      Affiliations

    • Human Brain Research Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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  • Hidenao Fukuyama

      Affiliations

    • Human Brain Research Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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  • Takuji Hayashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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  • Toshiya Murai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan

Received 28 July 2006 ,Revised 8 February 2007 ,Accepted 14 March 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.03.004

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 156, Issue 1 , Pages 23-32 , 15 October 2007

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