MEMORY FUNCTIONS AND TEMPORAL-LIMBIC MORPHOLOGY IN SCHIZOPHRENIA

Several psychopathological and morphological studies support the hypot hesis of temporal-limbic involvement in the pathophysiology of schizop hrenia. In the present study, magnetic resonance imaging was used to e valuate the areas of the temporal lobes and related structures in 18 s chizophrenic patients and 18 normal control subjects who were homogene ous for sex and age. The Wechsler Memory Scale was used to assess the memory functions of all subjects. Although the MRI data did not reveal any significant differences between the two groups, the Wechsler Memo ry Scale indices of memory functions showed significant differences be tween the schizophrenic patients and the control subjects.