A neuropsychological analysis of schizophrenic thought disorder

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 217-225

  Nestor, Paul G ^a,b,c   Shenton, Martha E ^a,b   Wible, Cindy ^a,b   Hokama, Hiroto ^a,b   O'Donnell, Brian F ^a,b   Law, Susan ^a,b   McCarley, Robert W ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Neuropsychology; Schizophrenia; Semantic memory; Thought disorder; Working memory

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THOUGHT DISORDER; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0032498605     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0920-9964(97)00101-1     Document Type: Article

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