Citation

Filipović B, Kovačević S, Stojicić M, Prostran M, Filipović B. Psychiatry Clin. Neurosci. 2005; 59(1): 106-108.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1440-1819.2005.01341.x

PMID

15679549

Abstract

Cavum septi pellucidi (CSP), especially when longer than 6 mm, has been recognized as a neurodevelopmental anomaly associated with schizophrenia. The present post-mortem study was designed to determine the importance of linear parameters of CSP and to evaluate the possible differences of CSP in schizophrenic patients (n=25 out of 110 CSP+ brains) and normal persons (n=40 out of 110 CSP+ brains). According to our results, schizophrenia patients had significantly longer and wider CSP than normal individuals. Also, statistical analysis revealed a higher suicide rate in CSP-positive patients with schizophrenia.

Language: en

Keywords

Accidents; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alcoholism; Brain; Brain Injury, Chronic; Cause of Death; Cephalometry; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Forensic Medicine; Homicide; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Reference Values; Schizophrenia; Septum Pellucidum; Suicide; Violence