Quantitative computed tomographic study in schizophrenia: cerebral density and ventricle measures

Twenty-seven chronic schizophrenics and nineteen controls, all male, were evaluated by computed tomography (CT) scans. Lateral, third and fourth ventricles and cerebral density numbers were measured. In the schizophrenic patients there was a significant increase in third ventricle width. Ventricular...

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Published in:Psychological medicine 1989-05, Vol.19 (2), p.337-342
Main Authors: Rossi, Alessandro, Stratta, Paolo, D'Albenzio, Luigi, Di Michele, Vittorio, Serio, Antonio, Giordano, Luigi, Petruzzi, Concetta, Casacchia, Massimo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Brain - pathology
Cerebral Cortex - pathology
Cerebral Ventricles - pathology
Chronic Disease
Dilatation, Pathologic - pathology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neurocognitive Disorders - pathology
Original Articles
Schizophrenia - pathology
Schizophrenia, Paranoid - pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Summary:Twenty-seven chronic schizophrenics and nineteen controls, all male, were evaluated by computed tomography (CT) scans. Lateral, third and fourth ventricles and cerebral density numbers were measured. In the schizophrenic patients there was a significant increase in third ventricle width. Ventricular Brain Ratio (VBR) and there were significantly higher densities of white matter in the right frontal and parietal region.
ISSN:0033-2917
1469-8978
DOI:10.1017/S0033291700012381