Amygdala pathology in schizophrenia and psychosis of epilepsy

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 321-326

  Van Elst, Ludger Tebartz ^a,b   Trimble, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Epilepsy; Psychosis; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN INJURY; DYSPHORIA; EMOTION; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOOD DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

EID: 0037728683     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-200305000-00008     Document Type: Review

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