Basal ganglia N-acetylaspartate correlates with the performance in the procedural task 'Tower of Hanoi' of neuroleptic-naive schizophrenic patients

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 347, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-100

  Giménez, Mónica ^a   Junqué, Carme ^a   Pérez, Mercedes ^a   Vendrell, Pere ^a   Baeza, Imma ^a   Salamero, Manuel ^a   Mercader, Josep Maria ^a   Bernardo, Miquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Frontal function; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Procedural learning; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0037965157     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00698-0     Document Type: Article

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