Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 182, Issue 2 , Pages 134-140 , 30 May 2010

Complex pattern of cortical thinning in schizophrenia: Results from an automated surface based analysis of cortical thickness

  • C. Christoph Schultz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Philosophenweg 3, 07740 Jena, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 3641 9 35665; fax: +49 3641 9 35444.
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  • Kathrin Koch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Philosophenweg 3, 07740 Jena, Germany
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  • Gerd Wagner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Philosophenweg 3, 07740 Jena, Germany
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  • Martin Roebel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Philosophenweg 3, 07740 Jena, Germany
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  • Igor Nenadic

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Philosophenweg 3, 07740 Jena, Germany
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  • Claudia Schachtzabel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Philosophenweg 3, 07740 Jena, Germany
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  • Jürgen R. Reichenbach

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics Group, Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Philosophenweg 3, 07740 Jena, Germany
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  • Heinrich Sauer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Philosophenweg 3, 07740 Jena, Germany
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  • Ralf G.M. Schlösser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, Philosophenweg 3, 07740 Jena, Germany

Received 26 April 2009 ,Revised 12 January 2010 ,Accepted 14 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.01.008

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 182, Issue 2 , Pages 134-140 , 30 May 2010

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