Neural correlates of working memory dysfunction in first-episode schizophrenia patients: An fMRI multi-center study

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 89, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 198-210

  Schneider, Frank ^a,b   Habel, Ute ^a   Reske, Martina ^a   Kellermann, Thilo ^a   Stöcker, Tony ^c   Shah, N Jon ^b,c   Zilles, Karl ^b,c   Braus, Dieter F ^d   Schmitt, Andrea ^d   Schlösser, Ralf ^e,f   Wagner, Michael ^g   Frommann, Ingo ^g   Kircher, Tilo ^a,h   Rapp, Alexander ^h   Meisenzahl, Eva ⁱ   Ufer, Sandra ⁱ   Ruhrmann, Stephan ^j   Thienel, Renate ^a,k   Sauer, Heinrich ^f   Henn, Fritz A ^d   Gaebel, Wolfgang ^l   more..

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Brain Imaging Center West   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^l HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

First episode; fMRI; Multi center study; n back; Schizophrenia; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SERIAL LEARNING; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS;

EID: 33845327833     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2006.07.021     Document Type: Article

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