[Schizophrenia and ventricular system]

Backgroud: Regarding to the limited clinical possibilities for schizophrenia diagnosis and treatment and the importance of cerebrospinal fluid in it, it seems study of the relative structures of ventricular system can lead us to the new diagnostic points

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Materials and Methods: For this review article we have used through Pub. Med, Yahoo and Google sites following keywords: schizophrenia-ventricular system-lat ventricle -third ventricle -fourth ventricle -sylvian canal-cerebrospinal fluid-mesencephalic duct-caudate nucleus-amygdaloid between 1990 and 2001 years. The study was focused on anatomical findings

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Results: In the related structures of ventricular systems cytological changes in thalamus , basal ganglia and hipochampus, fractional anizotropy induction in corpus callosum, cerebellar supersensitivity was found

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Conclusion: Regard to recent new findings of periventricular spaces theses anatomical focuses may be useful for new research on diagnosis and treatment of shizophrenia