Cognitive peculiarities in relatives of schizophrenic and schizoaffective patients: Heritability and resting EEG-correlates

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 201-216

  Alfimova, Margarita ^a   Uvarova, Lubov ^a  

^a MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cognition; EEG; Genetic correlations; Genetic predisposition; Heritability; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0141514583     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(03)00133-8     Document Type: Article

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