Schizophrenia Research
Volume 89, Issue 1 , Pages 35-48 , January 2007

Parietal lobe volume deficits in schizophrenia spectrum disorders

  • Shi-Yu Zhou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
    • Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
    • Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology, Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China
    • ,
  • Michio Suzuki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
    • Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan. Tel.: +81 76 434 7321; fax: +81 76 434 5030.
    • ,
  • Tsutomu Takahashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
    • Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Hirofumi Hagino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
    • ,
  • Yasuhiro Kawasaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
    • Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Mie Matsui

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
    • Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
    • ,
  • Hikaru Seto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
    • ,
  • Masayoshi Kurachi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, 2630 Sugitani, Toyama 930-0194, Japan
    • Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Received 10 April 2006 ,Revised 18 August 2006 ,Accepted 19 August 2006.

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Schizophrenia Research
Volume 89, Issue 1 , Pages 35-48 , January 2007

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