Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 163, Issue 2 , Pages 183-192 , 15 July 2008

Automated gray level index measurements reveal only minor cytoarchitectonic changes of Brodmann area 9 in schizophrenia

  • Ralf Tepest

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50924 Köln (Cologne), Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 221 478 5012; fax: +49 221 478 6030.
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  • Kai Vogeley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50924 Köln (Cologne), Germany
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  • Bettina Viebahn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Germany
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  • Thomas Schneider-Axmann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Göttingen, Germany
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  • William G. Honer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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  • Peter Falkai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Göttingen, Germany

Received 15 August 2006 ,Revised 4 September 2007 ,Accepted 5 September 2007.

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PII: S0925-4927(07)00179-5

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.09.002

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 163, Issue 2 , Pages 183-192 , 15 July 2008

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