Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 183, Issue 1 , Pages 21-29 , 30 July 2010

White matter volume abnormalities and associations with symptomatology in schizophrenia

  • Nikolaos Makris

      Affiliations

    • Athinoula A. Martinos Imaging Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry and Radiology, Center for Morphometric Analysis, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
    • Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
    • Harvard Medical School Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
    • ,
  • Larry J. Seidman

      Affiliations

    • Athinoula A. Martinos Imaging Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry and Radiology, Center for Morphometric Analysis, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
    • Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
    • Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital (BIDMC), Boston, MA, United States
    • Commonwealth Research Center, MMHC Public Psychiatry Division of BIDMC, Boston, MA, United States
    • ,
  • Todd Ahern

      Affiliations

    • Emory University, Department of Neuroscience, Atlanta, GA, United States
    • ,
  • David N. Kennedy

      Affiliations

    • Athinoula A. Martinos Imaging Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry and Radiology, Center for Morphometric Analysis, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
    • Harvard Medical School Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
    • ,
  • Verne S. Caviness

      Affiliations

    • Athinoula A. Martinos Imaging Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry and Radiology, Center for Morphometric Analysis, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
    • Harvard Medical School Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
    • ,
  • Ming T. Tsuang

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Behavior Genomics, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States
    • San Diego VA Healthcare System, San Diego, CA, United States
    • ,
  • Jill M. Goldstein

      Affiliations

    • Athinoula A. Martinos Imaging Center, Departments of Neurology, Psychiatry and Radiology, Center for Morphometric Analysis, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
    • Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
    • Harvard Medical School, Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, Boston, MA, United States
    • Connor's Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Brigham & Women's Hospital, Division of Women's Health, One Brigham Circle, 1620 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02120, United States. Tel.: +1 617 525 7517; fax: +1 617 525 7746.

Received 18 August 2009 ,Revised 2 April 2010 ,Accepted 27 April 2010.

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