Working memory, catecholamines and psychosis: Illustrative case

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 74-77

  Levy, Florence ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Noradrenaline; Prefrontal cortex; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

AMISULPRIDE; ATOMOXETINE; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; CLOZAPINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; OLANZAPINE; RISPERIDONE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; AUTISM; BLUNTED AFFECT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRACTIBILITY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ECHOLALIA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MUTISM; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PARANOIA; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH THERAPY; THOUGHT DISORDER; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CATECHOLAMINES; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NOREPINEPHRINE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS;

EID: 34248198483     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670601050499     Document Type: Review

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