Alterations In Brain's White Matter Key To Schizophrenia, Study Shows
Monday, June 22, 2009 - 13:21
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have used a novel form of brain imaging to discover that white matter in the brains of adolescents at-risk of developing schizophrenia does not develop at the same rate as healthy people. Further, the extent of these alterations can be used to predict how badly patients will, or will not, deteriorate functionally over time.
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