Psychophysiology of schizophrenia

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-15

  Javitt, Daniel C ^a  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031024816     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-199701000-00004     Document Type: Short Survey

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