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
1997
Superior temporal gyrus and planum temporale in schizophrenia: A selective review
Pearlson G. Superior temporal gyrus and planum temporale in schizophrenia: A selective review. Progress In Neuro-Psychopharmacology And Biological Psychiatry 1997, 21: 1203-1229. PMID: 9460087, DOI: 10.1016/s0278-5846(97)00159-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSuperior temporal gyrusPlanum temporaleTemporal gyrusNon-human primate researchPET/fMRIFormal thought disorderFunctional pathologySchizophrenic patientsAuditory hallucinationsTemporolimbic areasNeocortical regionsStructural abnormalitiesBrain regionsNeocortical networksExperience hallucinationsFunctional studiesCortical networksNormal asymmetrySchizophreniaThought disorderPatientsNormal structureVolume reductionGyrusPrimate research