Frontal lobe alterations in schizophrenia: Neuroimaging and neuropsychological findings

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 255, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 236-244

  Sanz De La Torre, Juan Carlos ^b   Barrios, Maite ^a   Junqué, Carme ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Hospital Provincial   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Frontal lobe; Neuropsychology; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BRAIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEOSTRIATUM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 23944514378     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-004-0552-8     Document Type: Article

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