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