Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 164, Issue 1 , Pages 90-94 , 30 October 2008

Prevalence and length of the adhesio interthalamica in schizophrenia spectrum disorders

  • Tsutomu Takahashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
    • Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Michio Suzuki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
    • Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan. Tel.: +81 76 434 2281; fax: +81 76 434 5030.
    • ,
  • Shi-Yu Zhou

      Affiliations

    • Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
    • ,
  • Kazue Nakamura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
    • ,
  • Ryoichiro Tanino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
    • ,
  • Yasuhiro Kawasaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
    • Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Marc L. Seal

      Affiliations

    • Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Hikaru Seto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
    • ,
  • Masayoshi Kurachi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
    • Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Received 13 September 2007 ,Revised 4 February 2008 ,Accepted 5 March 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.03.001

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 164, Issue 1 , Pages 90-94 , 30 October 2008

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