1. Reduced gray matter in the anterior cingulate gyrus in familial schizophrenia: A preliminary report
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Costain, Gregory, Ho, Andrew, Crawley, Adrian P., Mikulis, David J., Brzustowicz, Linda M., Chow, Eva W.C., and Bassett, Anne S.
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GENETICS of schizophrenia , *MAGNETIC resonance imaging of the brain , *VOXEL-based morphometry , *BRAIN physiology , *BRAIN imaging , *CEREBRAL cortex , *PERIAQUEDUCTAL gray matter - Abstract
Abstract: Few brain imaging studies of schizophrenia involve samples with enhanced genetic homogeneity. We compared MRI volumetric data between individuals with 1q21–q23 linked familial schizophrenia associated with NOS1AP and their first and second degree unaffected relatives. We found significant gray matter reductions in the anterior cingulate gyrus in both affected individuals and their unaffected first degree relatives when compared with their unaffected second degree relatives. These results suggest that the changes are primarily due to genetic risk and not illness effects, and may represent an intermediate phenotype. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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