Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 182, Issue 2 , Pages 141-145 , 30 May 2010

Corpus callosum deficits in antipsychotic-naïve schizophrenia: Evidence for neurodevelopmental pathogenesis

  • Ganesan Venkatasubramanian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore-560029, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. The Schizophrenia Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore-560029, Karnataka, India. Tel.: +91 80 26995256; fax: +91 80 26564830.
    • ,
  • Peruvumba N. Jayakumar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore-560029, India
    • ,
  • Varun Venkatesh Reddy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore-560029, India
    • ,
  • Umesh Srinivasa Reddy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore-560029, India
    • ,
  • Bangalore. N. Gangadhar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore-560029, India
    • ,
  • Matcheri S. Keshavan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA

Received 2 October 2009 ,Revised 6 December 2009 ,Accepted 8 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.01.004

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 182, Issue 2 , Pages 141-145 , 30 May 2010

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