Schizophrenia Research
Volume 89, Issue 1 , Pages 1-11 , January 2007

White matter abnormalities and brain activation in schizophrenia: A combined DTI and fMRI study

  • Ralf G.M. Schlösser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Schiller-University, 07743 Jena, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Schiller-University, Philosophenweg 3, 07743 Jena, Germany. Tel.: +49 3641 935284; fax: +49 3641 935444.
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  • Igor Nenadic

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Schiller-University, 07743 Jena, Germany
    • Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB), John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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  • Gerd Wagner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Schiller-University, 07743 Jena, Germany
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  • Daniel Güllmar

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics Group, Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (IDIR), Friedrich-Schiller-University, 07743 Jena, Germany
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  • Katrin von Consbruch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Schiller-University, 07743 Jena, Germany
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  • Sabine Köhler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Schiller-University, 07743 Jena, Germany
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  • C. Christoph Schultz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Schiller-University, 07743 Jena, Germany
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  • Kathrin Koch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Schiller-University, 07743 Jena, Germany
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  • Clemens Fitzek

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (IDIR), Friedrich-Schiller-University, 07743 Jena, Germany
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  • Paul M. Matthews

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain (FMRIB), John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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  • Jürgen R. Reichenbach

      Affiliations

    • Medical Physics Group, Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (IDIR), Friedrich-Schiller-University, 07743 Jena, Germany
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  • Heinrich Sauer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Schiller-University, 07743 Jena, Germany

Received 28 June 2006 ,Revised 1 September 2006 ,Accepted 7 September 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2006.09.007

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 89, Issue 1 , Pages 1-11 , January 2007

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