Cerebral correlates of selective attention in schizophrenic patients with formal thought disorder: A controlled H2 15O-PET study

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 137-153

  Erkwoh, Ralf ^a   Sabri, Osama ^a,b   Schreckenberger, Mathias ^a   Setani, Keyvan ^a   Aßfalg, Simone ^a   Sturz, László ^a   Fehler, Silvius ^a   Pleßmann, Stefan ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive activation; Formal thought disorder; Positron emission tomography; Schizophrenia; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; OXYGEN 15;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; THOUGHT DISORDER;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THINKING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0036775270     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4927(02)00045-8     Document Type: Article

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