| Diffusion tensor imaging study of the anterior limb of internal capsules in neuroleptic-naive schizophrenia. | |
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PMID: 18280926 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Abnormalities in brain structure have been implicated in psychosis. Herein, we investigated the differences in fractional anisotropy (FA) and average diffusion coefficient (ADC) in the bilateral anterior limb of internal capsules between neuroleptic-naive schizophrenic patients and appropriately matched healthy controls. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Magnetic resonance imaging was performed with a 1.5 T superconductive MR scanner, and diffusion tensor imaging was carried out in 21 neuroleptic-naive schizophrenic patients and 18 matched healthy controls. FA and ADC were measured by region of interest analysis. RESULTS: Compared with healthy controls, the neuroleptic-naive schizophrenic patients showed significantly reduced FA in the bilateral anterior limb of the internal capsule. However, the difference in the ADC values between the patients and the controls was not significant. CONCLUSIONS: FA of the bilateral anterior limb of the internal capsule was reduced in neuroleptic-naive schizophrenic patients, indicating that the integrity of the white matter of the bilateral thalamus-frontal connection or the bilateral thalamus-anterior cingulate gyrus connection was destroyed. |
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Authors:
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Li-qiu Zou; Jing-xia Xie; Hui-shu Yuan; Xin-long Pei; Wen-tian Dong; Peng-cheng Liu |
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Academic radiology Volume: 15 ISSN: 1076-6332 ISO Abbreviation: Acad Radiol Publication Date: 2008 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-02-18 Completed Date: 2008-05-30 Revised Date: 2008-06-24 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9440159 Medline TA: Acad Radiol Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 285-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Radiology, Peking University Third Hospital, 49 North Garden Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100083, P.R. China. |
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Adolescent Adult Anisotropy Antipsychotic Agents Case-Control Studies Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods* Female Gyrus Cinguli / pathology Humans Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods Internal Capsule / pathology* Male Middle Aged Prefrontal Cortex / pathology Schizophrenia / pathology* Thalamus / pathology |
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0/Antipsychotic Agents |
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Acad Radiol. 2008 Jun;15(6):811 |
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