Echopraxia in schizophrenia: Possible mechanisms

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 565-571

  Pridmore, Saxby ^a   Brune, Martin ^b   Ahmadi, Jamshid ^c   Dale, Jack ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Echopraxia; Mirror neuron system; Schizophrenia; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOPRAXIA; EMPATHY; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TELENCEPHALON;

APRAXIAS; COGNITION DISORDERS; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 47649116290     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670802119747     Document Type: Article

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