Is the cerebellum relevant in the circuitry of neuropsychiatric disorders?

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 178-186

  Konarski, Jakub Z ^a   McIntyre, Roger S ^b   Grupp, Larry A ^c   Kennedy, Sidney H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; MONOAMINE; OLANZAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SEMAPHORIN 3A; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; HUMAN; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MANIA; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; MONKEY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CEREBELLUM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NERVE NET; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 21744438440     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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