Structural differences in hippocampal subfields among schizophrenia patients, major depressive disorder patients, and healthy subjects

Many MRI studies have reported a volume reduction of the hippocampus in psychiatric diseases. However, disease-related volume differences in hippocampus subfields remain unclear. Here we compared the volumes of hippocampus subfields in patients with schizophrenia, patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), and healthy subjects as controls. T2-weighted images were acquired in 20 patients with schizophrenia, 36 with MDD, and 35 healthy volunteers by 3-Tesla MRI. Hippocampal subfields were segmented using an automatic algorithm, Automatic Segmentation of Hippocampal Subfields (ASHS).

Source: Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging - November 21, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Miho Ota, Noriko Sato, Shinsuke Hidese, Toshiya Teraishi, Norihide Maikusa, Hiroshi Matsuda, Kotaro Hattori, Hiroshi Kunugi Source Type: research