Prefrontal cortex activity in people with schizophrenia and control subjects. Evidence from positron emission tomography for remission of 'hypofrontality' with recovery from acute schizophrenia

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 172, Issue APR., 1998, Pages 316-323

  Spence, Sean A ^a,c   Hirsch, Steven R ^b   Brooks, David J ^a   Grasby, Paul M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; OXYGEN 15;

ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOUTH; NEURORADIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031897891     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.172.4.316     Document Type: Article

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