TY - JOUR AU - Kuroki, Noriomi AU - Kashiwagi, Hiroko AU - Ota, Miho AU - Ishikawa, Masanori AU - Kunugi, Hiroshi AU - Sato, Noriko AU - Hirabayashi, Naotsugu AU - Ota, Toshio PY - 2017 DA - 2017/03/21 TI - Brain structure differences among male schizophrenic patients with history of serious violent acts: an MRI voxel-based morphometric study JO - BMC Psychiatry SP - 105 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - The biological underpinnings of serious violent behaviors in patients with schizophrenia remain unclear. The aim of this study was to identify the characteristics of brain morphometry in patients with schizophrenia and a history of serious violent acts, who were being treated under relatively new legislation for offenders with mental illness in Japan where their relevant action should be strongly associated with their mental illness. We also investigated whether morphometric changes would depend on types of serious violent actions or not. SN - 1471-244X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-017-1263-9 DO - 10.1186/s12888-017-1263-9 ID - Kuroki2017 ER -