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9437774

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-3-27
pubmed:abstractText
In this MRI investigation T2 relaxation times were studied in schizophrenic patients compared to normal control subjects. Approximate T2 relaxation times were calculated using signal intensity at two echo times in several brain regions of 25 male schizophrenic patients and 25 age-matched, normal male control subjects. The schizophrenic patients showed significantly longer T2 relaxation times as compared to normal control subjects in the left anterior column of the fornix. This is a small structure, prone to partial volume effects and this may account for these findings. There was a trend towards longer T2 times in the left frontal cortex and shorter T2 times in [corrected] right temporal cortex in schizophrenic patients as compared to control subjects. There were right/left differences in relaxation times within each group. In both patients and control subjects, frontal lobe white matter T2 was longer on the right than on the left side. This finding is probably due to brain asymmetry and unrelated to the presence or absence of psychiatric illness. In schizophrenic patients only the left temporal cortex showed longer T2 times than the right side. This observation could indicate left sided temporal lobe pathology in schizophrenia.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0165-1781
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
75
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
173-82
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-4-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
MRI T2 relaxation times of brain regions in schizophrenic patients and control subjects.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, University of Würzburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study