Schizophrenia Research
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 87-97 , 15 January 2001

A quantitative MR measure of the fornix in schizophrenia

  • Janos Zahajszky

      Affiliations

    • Mount Sinai Medical School, New York, NY, 10029USA
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  • Chandlee C. Dickey

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Neuroscience Division, Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, VAMC, 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301, USA
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  • Robert W. McCarley

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Neuroscience Division, Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, VAMC, 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-508-583-4500 ext. 2479; fax: +1-508-586-0894
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  • Iris A. Fischer

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Neuroscience Division, Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, VAMC, 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301, USA
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  • Paul Nestor

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Neuroscience Division, Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, VAMC, 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301, USA
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  • Ron Kikinis

      Affiliations

    • Surgical Planning Laboratory, MRI Division, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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  • Martha E. Shenton

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Neuroscience Division, Laboratory of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, VAMC, 940 Belmont Street, Brockton, MA 02301, USA
    • Surgical Planning Laboratory, MRI Division, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author

Received 12 December 1999 ,Accepted 13 March 2000.

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Schizophrenia Research
Volume 47, Issue 1 , Pages 87-97 , 15 January 2001

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