Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 2 , Pages 128-135 , 15 May 2009

The Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia-1 Ser704Cys polymorphism and brain morphology in schizophrenia

  • 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
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  • 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.
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  • Masahiko Tsunoda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
    • ,
  • Nobuhisa Maeno

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
    • Department of Brain Science and Molecular Imaging, National Institute for Longevity Sciences, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Japan
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  • 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
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  • Shi-Yu Zhou

      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
    • Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
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  • Hirofumi Hagino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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  • Lisha Niu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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  • Hiroshi Tsuneki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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  • Soushi Kobayashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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  • Toshiyasu Sasaoka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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  • Hikaru Seto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
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  • 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
    • ,
  • Norio Ozaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Received 24 July 2008 ,Revised 26 November 2008 ,Accepted 31 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.01.005

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 2 , Pages 128-135 , 15 May 2009

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