Electrodermal abnormalities in schizophrenia;Alterações electrodérmicas na esquizofrenia

Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria

Volumn 50, Issue 7-8, 2001, Pages 255-264

  De Souza Crippa, José Alexandre ^a,b   Hallak, Jaime Eduardo Cecílio ^a   Sanches, Rafael Faria ^a   Lopes Machado, Eleomar Ziglia ^a   Guimarães, Francisco Silveira ^a   Hetem, Luiz Alberto ^a   Zuardi, Antonio Waldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FMRP/USP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Electrodermal activity; Schizophrenia; Skin conductance

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTION; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 19944367028     PISSN: 00472085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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