Hippocampal abnormalities and age in chronic schizophrenia: morphometric study across the adult lifespan

N Pujol1, R Penadés1, C Junqué1

  • 1Núria Pujol, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Clinical Institute of Neurosciences (ICN), Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain; Rafael Penadés, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, ICN, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Centre for Biomedical Research on Mental Health (CIBERSAM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain; Carme Junqué, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain; Ivo Dinov, PhD, Laboratory of Neuroimaging, University of California, Los Angeles, USA; Cynthia H. Y. Fu, MD, PhD, Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK; Rosa Catalán, MD, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, ICN, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, CIBERSAM, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain; Naroa Ibarretxe-Bilbao, PhD, Department of Methods and Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Deusto, Bilbao, Spain; Núria Bargalló, MD, PhD, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, ICN, Barcelona, CIBERSAM, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain; Miquel Bernardo, MD, PhD, Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, ICN, Barcelona, CIBERSAM, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain; Arthur Toga, PhD, Laboratory of Neuroimaging, University of California, Los Angeles, USA; Robert J. Howard, MRCPsych, Sergi G. Costafreda, MD, PhD, Department of Old Age Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK.

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