Schizophrenia Research
Volume 119, Issue 1 , Pages 232-239 , June 2010

Reduced white matter integrity as a neural correlate of social cognition deficits in schizophrenia

  • Jun Miyata

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin-Kawaharacho, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 75 751 3386; fax: +81 75 751 3246.
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  • Makiko Yamada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin-Kawaharacho, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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  • Chihiro Namiki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin-Kawaharacho, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
    • Human Brain Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin-Kawaharacho, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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  • Kazuyuki Hirao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin-Kawaharacho, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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  • Teruyasu Saze

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin-Kawaharacho, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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  • Hironobu Fujiwara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin-Kawaharacho, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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  • Mitsuaki Shimizu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin-Kawaharacho, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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  • Ryosaku Kawada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin-Kawaharacho, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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  • Hidenao Fukuyama

      Affiliations

    • Human Brain Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin-Kawaharacho, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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  • Nobukatsu Sawamoto

      Affiliations

    • Human Brain Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin-Kawaharacho, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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  • Takuji Hayashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin-Kawaharacho, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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  • Toshiya Murai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuropsychiatry, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin-Kawaharacho, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan

Received 20 July 2009 ,Revised 30 December 2009 ,Accepted 30 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.12.038

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 119, Issue 1 , Pages 232-239 , June 2010

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