title: Atrophy limited to the third ventricle in chronic schizophrenic patients. Report of a controlled series.
abstract: Computed tomographic scans of 30 chronic schizophrenic patients and 26 matched medical controls were blindly assessed for ventricular brain ratio, cortical atrophy, third-ventricle diameter, and cerebellar atrophy. Schizophrenic patients had significantly larger third ventricles than the medical controls. There was no difference in the other brain morphologic variables. Phenomenology, drug response, CSF levels of 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid, 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol, homovanillic acid, and a wide variety of clinical variables did not correlate with any measure of brain morphology. Clinicopathologic correlates of brain morphology may be limited to those patients with significant atrophy.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Boronow
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pickar
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Ninan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hommer
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Linnoila
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Paul
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006719:Homovanillic Acid / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D008297:Male; D008734:Methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D008734:Methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; D006719:Homovanillic Acid