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Occipital bending in schizophrenia.
- Source :
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Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry . Jan2017, Vol. 51 Issue 1, p32-41. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Objective: To investigate the prevalence of occipital bending (an occipital lobe crossing or twisting across the midline) in subjects with schizophrenia and matched healthy controls. Method: Occipital bending prevalence was investigated in 37 patients with schizophrenia and 44 healthy controls. Results: Ratings showed that prevalence was nearly three times higher among schizophrenia patients (13/37 [35.1%]) than in control subjects (6/44 [13.6%]). Furthermore, those with schizophrenia had greater normalized gray matter volume but less white matter volume and had larger brain-to-cranial ratio. Conclusion: The results suggest that occipital bending is more prevalent among schizophrenia patients than healthy subjects and that schizophrenia patients have different gray matter-white matter proportions. Although the cause and clinical ramifications of occipital bending are unclear, the results infer that occipital bending may be a marker of psychiatric illness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *ANALYSIS of variance
*CHI-squared test
*COMPARATIVE studies
*MAGNETIC resonance imaging
*OCCIPITAL lobe
*PROBABILITY theory
*RESEARCH funding
*SCHIZOPHRENIA
*STATISTICAL hypothesis testing
*STATISTICS
*MATHEMATICAL variables
*DISEASE prevalence
*SEVERITY of illness index
*DATA analysis software
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*GRAY matter (Nerve tissue)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00048674
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 120617435
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0004867416642023