Season of birth and electroencephalogram power abnormalities in schizophrenia

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1020-1027

  Sponheim, Scott R ^a   Iacono, William G ^b   Clementz, Brett A ^c   Beiser, Morton ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

psychosis; quantitative EEG; schizophrenia; season of birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASON; WINTER;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DELIRIUM, DEMENTIA, AMNESTIC, COGNITIVE DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEASONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030980328     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(96)00184-9     Document Type: Article

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