Preliminary MRI Study of Cavum Septi Pellucidi in Schizophrenia.
- Author:
Chul Eung KIM
1
;
Sang Eun SHIN
;
Min Hee KANG
;
Myung Kwan LIM
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, In Ha University Hospital, Incheon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Schizophrenia;
CSP;
Neurodevelopmental;
Hypothesis;
MRI
- MeSH:
Brain;
Headache;
Humans;
Incidence;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*;
Prevalence;
Schizophrenia*
- From:Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
1998;37(3):509-514
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: To test the neurodevelopmental hypothesis of the schizophrenia, we compared MR brain scans of schizophrenic patients with headache patients. METHOD: We conducted 7mm-slice magnetic resonance imaging study to evaluate the prevalence of CSF in a sample of 28 headache patients and 23 schizophrenic patients. All subjects are right-handed person by Annett's questionaires. RESULTS: Any size CSF was fecund 13/23(56.5%)schizophrenics and 16/28(57.1%) of headache patients. But larger CSF was found 26.1% of schizophrenics and 10.7% of headache patients. No statistically significant difference in gender and clinical subtype. CONCLUSIONS: Higher incidence of CSF in schizophrenic patients supports the hypothesis that anomalous development of the brain is an important aspect of the schizophrenia.
