Brain volume in first-episode schizophrenia: systematic review and meta-analysis of magnetic resonance imaging studies

RG Steen, C Mull, R Mcclure, RM Hamer… - The British Journal of …, 2006 - cambridge.org
BackgroundStudies of people with schizophrenia assessed using magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) usually include patients with first-episode and chronic disease, yet brain …

Brain morphology in first-episode schizophrenia: a meta-analysis of quantitative magnetic resonance imaging studies

A Vita, L De Peri, C Silenzi, M Dieci - Schizophrenia research, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: A number of meta-analytic reviews of structural brain imaging studies have
shown that multiple subtle brain abnormalities are consistently found in schizophrenia …

Brain morphology in antipsychotic-naive schizophrenia: a study of multiple brain structures

W Cahn, HEH Pol, M Bongers, HG Schnack… - The British Journal of …, 2002 - cambridge.org
BackgroundAlthough brain volume changes are found in schizophrenia, only a limited
number of structural magnetic resonance imaging studies have exclusively examined …

Are there progressive brain changes in schizophrenia? A meta-analysis of structural magnetic resonance imaging studies

B Olabi, I Ellison-Wright, AM McIntosh, SJ Wood… - Biological …, 2011 - Elsevier
Background It is well established that schizophrenia is associated with structural brain
abnormalities, but whether these are static or progress over time remains controversial …

Meta-analysis of regional brain volumes in schizophrenia

IC Wright, S Rabe-Hesketh… - American Journal of …, 2000 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
OBJECTIVE: The authors' goal was to determine whether patients with schizophrenia differ
from comparison subjects in regional brain volumes and whether these differences are …

Brain abnormality in schizophrenia: a systematic and quantitative review of volumetric magnetic resonance imaging studies

SM Lawrie, SS Abukmeil - The British Journal of Psychiatry, 1998 - cambridge.org
BackgroundNumerous in vivo brain imaging studies suggest that cerebral Structure is
abnormal in schizophrenia, but implicate different regions to varying extents. MethodWe …

Longitudinal volumetric MRI study in first-and multiple-episode male schizophrenia patients

AB Whitworth, G Kemmler, M Honeder… - Psychiatry Research …, 2005 - Elsevier
In this longitudinal study we compared brain volume changes in first-and multiple-episode
patients with schizophrenia to normal aging changes observed in healthy control subjects …

Psychosis and brain volume changes during the first five years of schizophrenia

W Cahn, M Rais, FP Stigter, NEM Van Haren… - European …, 2009 - Elsevier
The underlying mechanisms explaining brain volume changes in schizophrenia are not yet
understood, but psychosis might be related to these changes. Forty-eight patients with first …

Brain volumes as predictor of outcome in recent-onset schizophrenia: a multi-center MRI study

NEM van Haren, W Cahn, HEH Pol, HG Schnack… - Schizophrenia …, 2003 - Elsevier
Gray matter brain volume decreases have been found in patients with schizophrenia as
compared to healthy control subjects measured by using Magnetic Resonance Imaging …

Updated meta-analyses reveal thalamus volume reduction in patients with first-episode and chronic schizophrenia

F Adriano, I Spoletini, C Caltagirone, G Spalletta - Schizophrenia research, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: Although several structural MRI studies report significant thalamus volume
reduction in patients with schizophrenia, many other studies do not. Therefore, the present …