title: Brain morphology in schizophrenia by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
abstract: We report an in vivo Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Study of the brain in male schizophrenics and individually matched controls. Due to the multiplanar imaging capabilities of MRI we have obtained both midsagittal and axial scans. On the axial plane schizophrenics showed a significant increase of Ventricular Brain Ratio and on the sagittal plane a significant reduction of corpus callosum to brain ratio. In a factor analysis these two abnormalities loaded on components statistically independent suggesting different dimension of brain pathology in schizophrenia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, S. Maria di Collemaggio Hospital, University of L'Aquila, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stratta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gallucci
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Passariello
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Casacchia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000473:pathology*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000473:pathology*