MRI Scans of Schizophrenia Subtypes (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

MRI Scans of Schizophrenia Subtypes

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In a large clinical study, 60 percent of patients with schizophrenia (subtype 1) had decreased gray matter volumes throughout the brain compared to healthy people, which is the typical pattern seen in those with this disorder. However, researchers found that over a third of schizophrenia patients (subtype 2) did not present with this pattern. These brains had increased volumes of gray matter in the basal ganglia, but were otherwise similar to healthy controls.

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