Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 171, Issue 3 , Pages 166-176 , 31 March 2009

A voxel-based diffusion tensor imaging study of temporal white matter in patients with schizophrenia

  • Giuseppina Rametti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    • Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Carme Junqué

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    • Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, 08036, Spain.
    • ,
  • Carlos Falcón

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Nuria Bargalló

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
    • Neuroradiology Section, Radiology Department, Centre de Diagnòstic per la imatge (CDI), Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Rosa Catalán

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Institute of Neurosciences, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain
    • Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Rafael Penadés

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Institute of Neurosciences, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain
    • Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Benjamín Garzón

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
    • Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
    • ,
  • Miguel Bernardo

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Institute of Neurosciences, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain
    • Institute of Biomedical Research August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain

Received 15 May 2007 ,Revised 11 March 2008 ,Accepted 6 May 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.05.003

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 171, Issue 3 , Pages 166-176 , 31 March 2009

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