Schizophrenia Research
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 66-78 , July 2007

Abnormalities of cingulate gyrus neuroanatomy in schizophrenia

  • Lei Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8134, 660 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis MO 63110, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 314 362 2417.
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  • Malini Hosakere

      Affiliations

    • Center for Imaging Science, The Johns Hopkins, University, Baltimore MD, United States
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  • Joshua C.L. Trein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8134, 660 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis MO 63110, United States
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  • Alex Miller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8134, 660 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis MO 63110, United States
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  • J. Tilak Ratnanather

      Affiliations

    • Center for Imaging Science, The Johns Hopkins, University, Baltimore MD, United States
    • Institute for Computational Medicine, The Johns Hopkins, University, Baltimore MD, United States
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  • Deanna M. Barch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO, United States
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  • Paul A. Thompson

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO, United States
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  • Anqi Qiu

      Affiliations

    • Center for Imaging Science, The Johns Hopkins, University, Baltimore MD, United States
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  • Mokhtar H. Gado

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO, United States
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  • Michael I. Miller

      Affiliations

    • Center for Imaging Science, The Johns Hopkins, University, Baltimore MD, United States
    • Institute for Computational Medicine, The Johns Hopkins, University, Baltimore MD, United States
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  • John G. Csernansky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, Box 8134, 660 S. Euclid Ave., St. Louis MO 63110, United States
    • Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO, United States

Received 27 September 2006 ,Revised 17 February 2007 ,Accepted 20 February 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.02.021

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 93, Issue 1 , Pages 66-78 , July 2007

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