Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 164, Issue 3 , Pages 198-205 , 30 December 2008

Tract-specific analysis of the superior occipitofrontal fasciculus in schizophrenia

  • Natsuko Kunimatsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8655, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiology, University of Tokyo Hospital, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. Tel.: +81 3 5800 8666; fax: +81 3 5800 8935.
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  • Shigeki Aoki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8655, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Akira Kunimatsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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  • Mariko Yoshida

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8655, Tokyo, Japan
    • School of Medicine, University of Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Japan
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  • Osamu Abe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8655, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Haruyasu Yamada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8655, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Yoshitaka Masutani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8655, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Kiyoto Kasai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Hidenori Yamasue

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Hiroshi Ohtsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Bioinformatics, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Kuni Ohtomo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8655, Tokyo, Japan

Received 14 June 2007 ,Revised 8 January 2008 ,Accepted 7 March 2008.

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☆ We received no financial support for this report.

PII: S0925-4927(08)00048-6

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.03.004

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 164, Issue 3 , Pages 198-205 , 30 December 2008

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