1999
Lack of normal pattern of cerebral asymmetry in familial schizophrenic patients and their relatives — The Maudsley Family Study
Sharma T, Lancaster E, Sigmundsson T, Lewis S, Takei N, Gurling H, Barta P, Pearlson G, Murray R. Lack of normal pattern of cerebral asymmetry in familial schizophrenic patients and their relatives — The Maudsley Family Study. Schizophrenia Research 1999, 40: 111-120. PMID: 10593451, DOI: 10.1016/s0920-9964(99)00143-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSchizophrenic patientsOccipitoparietal regionsControl subjectsNormal patternCortical regionsLack of asymmetryFamilial schizophrenic patientsNormal cerebral asymmetryHealthy control subjectsFirst-degree relativesObligate carriersCerebral asymmetryRegional brain volumesUnrelated control subjectsDegree relativesRight sensorimotorNormal brain asymmetryBrain volumeMaudsley Family StudyPatientsOccipital asymmetryUnaffected relativesSchizophreniaBrain asymmetryNormal asymmetry
1998
Brain changes in schizophrenia
Sharma T, Lancaster E, Lee D, Lewis S, Sigmundsson T, Takei N, Gurling H, Barta P, Pearlson G, Murray R. Brain changes in schizophrenia. The British Journal Of Psychiatry 1998, 173: 132-138. PMID: 9850225, DOI: 10.1192/bjp.173.2.132.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLarger lateral ventriclesControl subjectsUnrelated control subjectsLateral ventricleSmaller whole brainLateral ventricular enlargementStructural brain abnormalitiesNormal control subjectsObligate carriersGenetic liabilityVentricular enlargementSample of peopleBrain abnormalitiesBrain changesWhole brainCerebellar volumeBrain structuresMagnetic resonance imagesSchizophreniaVentricleUnaffected siblingsReconstructed magnetic resonance imagesResonance imagesAbnormalitiesVolumetric measurements