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Orbitofrontal cortex abnormalities in schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2011

Marcella Bellani ,
Stefania Cerruti  and
Paolo Brambilla
Marcella Bellani*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona (Italy) Inter-University Centre of Behavioural Neurosciences (ICBN), University of Verona, Verona and University of Udine, Udine (Italy) Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston TX (USA)
Stefania Cerruti
Affiliation:
Inter-University Centre of Behavioural Neurosciences (ICBN), University of Verona, Verona and University of Udine, Udine (Italy) Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston TX (USA)
Paolo Brambilla
Affiliation:
Inter-University Centre of Behavioural Neurosciences (ICBN), University of Verona, Verona and University of Udine, Udine (Italy) Scientific Institute IRCCS ‘E. Medea’, Udine (Italy)
*
Address for correspondence: Dr. M. Bellani, Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona (Italy). Fax: +39-045-8027498 E-mail: marcella.bellani@univr.it
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Abstract

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The magnetic resonance imaging studies investigating the volumes of the orbitofrontal cortex in patients suffering from schizophrenia are here presented, trying to elucidate its role for the pathophysiology and for the cognition of the disease.

Keywords

magnetic resonanceprefrontal cortexvoxel based morphometry

Information

Type
Neurobiology of Psychosis. Clinical and Psychosocial Implications
Information
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , March 2010 , pp. 23 - 25
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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