Lateralized hemispheric dysfunction in the major psychotic disorders: Historical perspectives and findings from a study of motor asymmetry in older patients

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 191-198

  Lohr, James B ^a,b,c   Caligiuri, Michael P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Vet Aff San Diego Healthcare Syst   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Hemispheric laterality; Schizoaffective disorder; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHIZOIDISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

AGE FACTORS; BIOMECHANICS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; FINGERS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030830784     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(97)00062-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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