Polyunsaturated fatty acids and brain white matter anisotropy in recent-onset schizophrenia: a preliminary studyB D Peters
Adolescent Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 5, Postbus 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 81:61-3. 2009
..503, P=0.048). Unsaturated fatty acids may be necessary for the myelinating activity of oligodendrocytes or for myelin maintenance. These results warrant further investigation...
White matter connectivity and psychosis in ultra-high-risk subjects: a diffusion tensor fiber tracking studyBart D Peters
Department of Psychiatry, Adolescentclinic, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 5, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Psychiatry Res 181:44-50. 2010
..Abnormalities of these fiber tracts may develop around or after onset of psychosis. However, further DTI studies in UHR subjects are needed in larger samples...
Subjective effects of cannabis before the first psychotic episodeBart D Peters
Adolescent Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 5, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 43:1155-62. 2009
..The aim of the present study was to gain more insight into the positive and negative effects of cannabis in the prodromal phase of schizophrenia and in the ultra-high-risk (UHR) state for psychosis...
Diffusion tensor imaging in the early phase of schizophrenia: what have we learned?Bart D Peters
Rivierduinen, Langevelderweg 27, 2211 AB Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands
J Psychiatr Res 44:993-1004. 2010
..More research is needed on which genetic and environmental factors play a role in the variability of current results...
Cannabis use and callosal white matter structure and integrity in recent-onset schizophreniaNienke Dekker
Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 5, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Psychiatry Res 181:51-6. 2010
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White matter fibertracking in first-episode schizophrenia, schizoaffective patients and subjects at ultra-high risk of psychosisBart D Peters
Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Neuropsychobiology 58:19-28. 2008
..This discrepancy in findings may be related to differences in subject characteristics and DTI methodology. Possible effects of age, gender, level of education and illicit substance use on DTI findings in schizophrenia are discussed...
Recent-onset schizophrenia and adolescent cannabis use: MRI evidence for structural hyperconnectivity?Bart D Peters
Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Psychopharmacol Bull 42:75-88. 2009
..Further studies are necessary to assess the effect of adolescent cannabis and other illicit drug use on brain white matter in schizophrenia...