Department of Neuropsychiatry, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan.
Psychiatry Res. 2012 Apr 30;202(1):84-7. doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2011.11.008. Epub 2012 May 16.
This longitudinal MRI study investigated the pituitary volume in 17 patients with chronic schizophrenia and 17 matched controls. In contrast to previous findings of pituitary expansion during the first episode of schizophrenia, the chronic patients showed non-significant mild pituitary atrophy, suggesting that the pituitary volume changes differently at different illness stages.
这项纵向 MRI 研究调查了 17 例慢性精神分裂症患者和 17 例匹配对照者的垂体体积。与精神分裂症首次发作期间垂体扩张的先前发现相反,慢性患者表现出无显著性的轻度垂体萎缩,表明垂体体积在不同疾病阶段的变化不同。