title: Longitudinal MRI study of the pituitary volume in chronic schizophrenia: a preliminary report.
abstract: This longitudinal MRI study investigated the pituitary volume in 17 patients with chronic schizophrenia and 17 matched controls. In contrast to previous findings of pituitary expansion during the first episode of schizophrenia, the chronic patients showed non-significant mild pituitary atrophy, suggesting that the pituitary volume changes differently at different illness stages.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan. tsutomu@med.u-toyama.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tsutomu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Mikio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kido
authors.forename: Kazue
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Furuichi
authors.forename: Shi-Yu
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawasaki
authors.forename: Kyo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: Hikaru
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Seto
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kurachi
authors.forename: Michio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001284:Atrophy / Q000473:pathology; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009929:Organ Size; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000473:pathology*