Reduction of prefrontal gray matter volume in first-episode schizophrenia independent of risperidon treatment

• Authors: KAŠPÁREK Tomáš; PŘIKRYL Radovan; SCHWARZ Daniel; KUČEROVÁ Hana; MIKL Michal; ČEŠKOVÁ Eva; KRUPA Petr
• Year of publication: 2006
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Field: Psychiatry, sexuology
• Keywords: schizophrenia; gray matter; risperidone
• Description: In a group of first-episode schizophrenia patients gray matter reduction in prefrontal areas did not correlate with risperidone treatment parameters (cummulative dose, duration of treatment in days). The GM changes in these areas cannot be ascribed to the influence of the treatment with antipsychotics.

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