The study on social cognition of family members of schizophrenic patients using high resolutional MRI

• Project/Area Number: 19890109
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Psychiatric science
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: NAMIKI Chihiro Kyoto University, 医学研究科, 助教 (40432380)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2008
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2008)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,566,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,350,000、Indirect Cost: ¥216,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥936,000 (Direct Cost: ¥720,000、Indirect Cost: ¥216,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥630,000 (Direct Cost: ¥630,000)
• Keywords: 統合失調症 / 社会認知 / 神経心理学 / 画像診断学 / 高磁場MRI / 拡散テンソル画像 / 社会認知機能

Research Abstract

今回、研究代表者が所属するグループでは、高磁場MRIを用い、帯状回、帯状束、脳梁の解剖学画像で体積異常、脳溝の形態異常の評価と、拡散テンソル画像による統合失調症患者の白質線維走行異常を評価した。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Reduced white matter integrity correlated with cortico-subcortical gray matter deficits in schizophrenia. (2009)
  • Author(s): Miyata J, Hirao K, Namiki C, Fujiwara H, Shimizu M, Fukuyama H, Sawamoto N, Hayashi T, Mural T
  • Journal Title: Schizophr Res. 111 Pages: 78-85
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Female specific anterior cingulate abnormality and its association with empathic disability in schizophrenia. (2008)
  • Author(s): Fujiwara H, Shimizu M, Hirao K, Miyata J, Namiki C, Sawamoto N, Fukuyama H, Hayashi T, Murai T.
  • Journal Title: Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 32 Pages: 1728-1734
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Female specific anterior cingulate abnormality and its association with empathic disability in schizophrenia. (2008)
  • Author(s): Fujiwara H, Shimizu M, Hirao K, Miyata J, Namiki C, Sawamoto N, Fukuyama H, Hayashi T, Mirai T
  • Journal Title: Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 32 Pages: 1728-34
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Interfrontal commissural abnormality in schizophrenia : tractography-assisted callosal parcellation (2007)
  • Author(s): Miyata J, Hirao K, Namiki C, Fukuyama H, Okada T, Miki Y, Hayashi T, Murai T.
  • Journal Title: Schizophrenia Research 97 Pages: 236-241
  • Peer Reviewed