The use of brain-imaging techniques such as PET, MRi and fMri provide objective evidence for neural correlates of schizophrenia as they pinpoint the specific brain structures implicated in the symptoms of the disorder, for examplem these tehcniques have found that the loss of grey matter was especially active in teh first stages of teh disease which is consistent with the relitavely early onset os schixo -in late teens. this has implications for treatements as the use of neuroimaging may give a better understanding of how schixophrenia develops to detect for early intervention which may prevent the development of the later stages of the disorder and psychosis. Also conducted under controlled clinical conditions, likely reliable
