Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 171, Issue 1 , Pages 20-32 , 30 January 2009

Mean diffusivity: A biomarker for CSF-related disease and genetic liability effects in schizophrenia

  • Katherine L. Narr

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Department of Neurology, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Neuroscience Research Building, 635 Charles E. Young Drive South, Suite 225, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States. Tel.: +1 310 206 2101; fax: +1 310 206 5518.
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  • Nathan Hageman

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Roger P. Woods

      Affiliations

    • Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center, Department of Neurology, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Liberty S. Hamilton

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Kristi Clark

      Affiliations

    • Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center, Department of Neurology, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Owen Phillips

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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  • David W. Shattuck

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Robert F. Asarnow

      Affiliations

    • Jane & Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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  • Arthur W. Toga

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
    • Ahmanson-Lovelace Brain Mapping Center, Department of Neurology, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Keith H. Nuechterlein

      Affiliations

    • Jane & Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Received 27 August 2007 ,Revised 19 March 2008 ,Accepted 19 March 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.03.008

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 171, Issue 1 , Pages 20-32 , 30 January 2009

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