Reduced frontopolar activation during verbal fluency task in schizophrenia: A multi-channel near-infrared spectroscopy study

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 250-262

  Takizawa, Ryu ^a   Kasai, Kiyoto ^a   Kawakubo, Yuki ^a   Marumo, Kohei ^a   Kawasaki, Shingo ^b   Yamasue, Hidenori ^a   Fukuda, Masato ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frontopolar prefrontal cortex; Global assessment of functioning (GAF); Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS); Schizophrenia; Verbal fluency test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN MAPPING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REFERENCE VALUES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 39149117438     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.10.025     Document Type: Article

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