Invited commentary on: Functional anatomy of verbal fluency in people with schizophrenia and those at genetic risk. The genetics of asymmetry and psychosis

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 176, Issue JAN., 2000, Pages 61-63

  Crow, Tim J ^a  

^a WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; NEUROANATOMY; NOTE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

BRAIN; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SPEECH DISORDERS;

EID: 0033955095     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.176.1.61     Document Type: Note

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