Deficits in gain of smooth pursuit eye movements in schizophrenia and affective disorder patients and their unaffected relatives

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 160, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 696-702

  Kathmann, Norbert ^a,b   Hochrein, Andrea ^a   Uwer, Ruth ^a   Bondy, Brigitta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOOD DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ONSET AGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOSIS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0038474162     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.4.696     Document Type: Article

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