Schizophrenia Research
Volume 112, Issue 1 , Pages 14-23 , July 2009

Smaller superior temporal gyrus volume specificity in schizotypal personality disorder

  • Kim E. Goldstein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Erin A. Hazlett

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Box 1505, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA.
    • ,
  • Antonia S. New

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Bronx, NY, USA
    • ,
  • M. Mehmet Haznedar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Randall E. Newmark

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Yuliya Zelmanova

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Vincent Passarelli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Shauna R. Weinstein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Bronx, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Emily L. Canfield

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • David A. Meyerson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Cheuk Y. Tang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Monte S. Buchsbaum

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, University of California, San Diego, USA
    • ,
  • Larry J. Siever

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), Bronx, NY, USA

Received 30 January 2009 ,Revised 21 April 2009 ,Accepted 22 April 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.04.027

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 112, Issue 1 , Pages 14-23 , July 2009

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