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The potential role of the parietal lobe in schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 April 2011

Marcella Bellani ,
Adele Ferro  and
Paolo Brambilla
Marcella Bellani*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona (Italy) Inter-University Centre of Behavioural Neurosciences (ICBN), University of Verona, Verona and University of Udine, Udine (Italy)
Adele Ferro
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona (Italy) Inter-University Centre of Behavioural Neurosciences (ICBN), University of Verona, Verona and University of Udine, Udine (Italy)
Paolo Brambilla
Affiliation:
Inter-University Centre of Behavioural Neurosciences (ICBN), University of Verona, Verona and University of Udine, Udine (Italy) Scientific Institute IRCCS ‘E. Medea’, Udine (Italy)
*
Address for correspondence: Dr. M. Bellani, Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona (Italy). Fax: +39-045-8027498 E-mail: marcella.bellani@univr.it
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Abstract

Although the anatomy of the parietal lobe has been under-investigated in schizophrenia, some magnetic resonance imaging studies have shown decreased volumes, suggesting its possible implication for the pathophysiology of the disease.

Keywords

parietal lobevolumeMRIschizophrenia
Type
Neurobiology of Psychosis. Clinical and Psychosocial Implications
Information
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , June 2010 , pp. 118 - 119
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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