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Correlation of Negative Symptoms in Schizophrenia with Frontal Lobe Parameters on Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

P. Williamson ,
D. Pelz ,
H. Merskey ,
S. Morrison  and
P. Conlon
P. Williamson*
Affiliation:
London Psychiatric Hospital, University of Western Ontario
D. Pelz
Affiliation:
University Hospital, University of Western Ontario
H. Merskey
Affiliation:
London Psychiatric Hospital, University of Western Ontario
S. Morrison
Affiliation:
London Psychiatric Hospital
P. Conlon
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, University of Western Ontario
*
∗London Psychiatric Hospital, 850 Highbury Avenue, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 4H1
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Abstract

Among 24 chronic schizophrenic patients, the 10 with high ratings for negative symptoms had significantly higher left-frontal: temporal–cortical T2 ratios. This finding was unrelated to age, dose of medication, length of illness or handedness. No T1 or T2 changes were found to be associated with positive symptoms or tardive dyskinesia in the regions examined.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 159 , Issue 1 , July 1991 , pp. 130 - 134
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Copyright © 1991 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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