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. 2008 Feb 8;34(2):312–321. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbm164

Table 3.

Studies Reporting on Anatomical Changes in Other Structures Longitudinally in People at a Prodromal Stage of Schizophrenia, With a First Episode of Schizophrenia or Diagnosed With Chronic Schizophrenia

Study Scanner No. of Patients No. of Controls Stage of Illness at Baseline Years of Follow-up Findings
DeLisi et al. (1991, 1992, 1995, 1997, 2004)4448 MRI 50 20 First-episode schizophrenia 4–5 Decreased hemispheric volume bilateral
26 10 10 No change in STG
Gur et al. (1998)62 MRI 20 17 First-episode schizophrenia 2–3 aFrontal lobe decreased. No change in temporal lobe
Jacobsen et al. (1998)63 Thompson et al. (2001)64 Keller et al. (2003)65 Sporn et al. (2003)66 MRI 16 24 Chronic childhood schizophrenia 1.5–4 Decreased hemispheric volume, temporal lobe, STG, hippocampus, thalamus, striatum
Mathalon et al. (2001)57 MRI 24 25 Chronic schizophrenia 0.7–7.5 Whole brain gray matter and STG decreased bilaterally
Puri et al. (2001)67
Wood et al. (2001)68 MRI 30 26 First-episode schizophrenia 0.5–4.2 Whole brain volume, decreased bilaterally, no change in hippocampus or temporal lobe
Cahn et al. (2002)59 MRI 34 36 First-episode schizophrenia 1 bWhole brain gray matter decreased
Ho et al. (2003)61 MRI 73 23 First-episode schizophrenia 5 Frontal white matter decreased
Kasai et al. (2003)69 MRI 13 14 First-episode schizophrenia 1.5 Decreased left STG and planum temporale
Lawrie et al. (2002)70, Job et al. (2005)71 MRI 19 psychotic at 2 year 49 non-psychotic at 2 years Prodromal cases 2 cDecr R temporal R/L STG, L cingulate, LR uncinate, L fusiform, L uncus, LR PHG, R amygdala
Pantelis et al. (2003)72 MRI 10 psychotic 11 non-psychotic Prodromal cases 1 cDecr L PHG, L fusiform, L orbitofrontal, L cerebellum, Cingulate bilateral, L Temporal
Whitford et al. (2006)73 MRI 25 26 First-episode schizophrenia 2–3 Gray matter reductions: parietal and temporal

Note: MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; STG, superior temporal gyrus; R, right; R/L, right and left; PHG, parahippocampal gyrus.

a

Associated with good outcome.

b

Associated with poor outcome.

c

No change in ventricles, unpublished communication.