Planum temporale asymmetry to the right hemisphere in first-episode schizophrenia

In schizophrenia patients reduced cerebral asymmetry is an important finding and this may reflect a disturbance in cortical development. We investigated planum temporale (PT) volume and asymmetry in 23 first-episode schizophrenia patients compared to healthy controls and found for the first time an in vivo volume asymmetry of PT to the right hemisphere. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.