Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 2 , Pages 121-127 , 15 May 2009

White matter abnormalities and neurocognitive deficits associated with the passivity phenomenon in schizophrenia: A diffusion tensor imaging study

  • Kang Sim

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Psychiatry, Woodbridge Hospital, Institute of Mental Health, 10, Buangkok View, 539747 Singapore
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +65 63892000; fax: +65 63855900.
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  • Guo Liang Yang

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Imaging Laboratory, Singapore Biomedical Imaging Consortium, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR), Singapore
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  • Donus Loh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Woodbridge Hospital, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
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  • Lye Yin Poon

      Affiliations

    • Early Psychosis Intervention, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
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  • Yih Yian Sitoh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroradiology, National Neuroscience Institute, Singapore
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  • Swapna Verma

      Affiliations

    • Early Psychosis Intervention, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
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  • Richard Keefe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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  • Simon Collinson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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  • Siow Ann Chong

      Affiliations

    • Early Psychosis Intervention, Institute of Mental Health, Singapore
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  • Stephan Heckers

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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  • Wieslaw Nowinski

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Imaging Laboratory, Singapore Biomedical Imaging Consortium, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (ASTAR), Singapore
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  • Christos Pantelis

      Affiliations

    • Melbourne Neuropsychiatry Centre, The University of Melbourne and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Received 23 July 2008 ,Revised 4 February 2009 ,Accepted 10 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.02.003

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 2 , Pages 121-127 , 15 May 2009

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