Early expression of a pathophysiological feature of schizophrenia: Saccadic intrusions into smooth-pursuit eye movements in school-age children vulnerable to schizophrenia

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 468-476

  Ross, Randal G ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood onset schizophrenia; Eye movements; Smooth pursuit

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RELATIVE; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; AGE; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; SACCADES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0037646375     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CHI.0000046818.95464.42     Document Type: Article

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