A Review of Structural Abnormality in Schizophrenia

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10.2991/assehr.k.220110.031How to use a DOI?

Keywords

brain structure abnormality; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); white matter; gray matter; schizophrenia

Abstract

Over the past 20 years, the understanding of schizophrenia has deepened. As a brain disease, schizophrenia has profoundly affected generations. It is a chronic brain disorder that is characterized by significant alterations in perception, thoughts, mood, and behavior. Schizophrenia usually occurs in adults, especially young people. Therefore, it is extremely important to understand the cause of the disease. But the truth is that the cause of schizophrenia is very complex, until the last 20 years, the research community had the chance to deeply explore the structural abnormality of the brain in schizophrenia via function neuroimaging, especially Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). These technological advances led to a better understanding of structural brain abnormalities in schizophrenia. This review presents findings from the last 20 years (2000-2021) in structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). The result shows that the volume of gray matter decreased in schizophrenic patients. And the author finds that there seem to be no conclusive results in terms of white matter changes.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Keran Xuan
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/28
TI  - A Review of Structural Abnormality in Schizophrenia
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Art and Human Development ( ICPAHD 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 159
EP  - 164
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220110.031
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220110.031
ID  - Xuan2022
ER  -