case0202: Anatomical Abnormalities Associated with Schizophrenia
Description
Are any physiological indicators associated with schizophrenia? In a
1990 article, researchers reported the results of a study that
controlled for genetic and socioeconomic differences by examining 15
pairs of monozygotic twins, where one of the twins was schizophrenic
and the other was not. The researchers used magnetic resonance
imaging to measure the volumes (in cm$^3$) of several regions and
subregions of the twins' brains.
Usage
case0202
Arguments
Format
A data frame with 15 observations on the following 2 variables.
Unaffect
volume of left hippocampus of unaffected twin (in cm\(^3\))
Affected
volume of left hippocampus of affected twin (in cm\(^3\))
References
Suddath, R.L., Christison, G.W., Torrey, E.F., Casanova, M.F. and
Weinberger, D.R. (1990). Anatomical Abnormalities in the Brains of
Monozygotic Twins Discordant for Schizophrenia, New England
Journal of Medicine322(12): 789--794.