Temporal pole morphology in first-episode schizophrenia patients: clinical correlations

Roberto Roiz-Santiáñez; Rocío Pérez-Iglesias; Carlos Quintero; Diana Tordesillas-Gutiérrez; Ignacio Mata; Agustín Gutiérrez; Elena Sánchez; Angel Pazos; Rafael Tabarés-Seisdedos; José Luis Vázquez-Barquero; Benedicto Crespo-Facorro

doi:10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.08.002

Temporal pole morphology in first-episode schizophrenia patients: clinical correlations

Psychiatry Res. 2010 Dec 30;184(3):189-91. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.08.002. Epub 2010 Nov 5.

Authors

Roberto Roiz-Santiáñez¹, Rocío Pérez-Iglesias, Carlos Quintero, Diana Tordesillas-Gutiérrez, Ignacio Mata, Agustín Gutiérrez, Elena Sánchez, Angel Pazos, Rafael Tabarés-Seisdedos, José Luis Vázquez-Barquero, Benedicto Crespo-Facorro

Affiliation

¹ University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla, IFIMAV, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain.

PMID: 21055908
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.08.002

Abstract

Studies of the temporal pole (TP) in schizophrenia patients are not consistent. The aim of this study was to investigate morphometric anomalies of the TP in first-episode schizophrenia patients. Patients did not significantly differ from controls in the TP morphometric variables evaluated. Clinical variables were not significantly related to the TP.

MeSH terms

Adult
Brain Mapping*
Female
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / methods
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Male
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Schizophrenia / pathology*
Schizophrenia / physiopathology
Statistics as Topic
Temporal Lobe / pathology*
Young Adult