Gender influences the detection of spatial working memory deficits in bipolar disorder

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 647-654

  Barrett, Suzanne Lucia ^a   Kelly, Christopher ^a   Bell, Robert ^a   King, David John ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Bipolar disorder cognition; Executive function; Gender differences; Mania; Psychosis; Sex differences; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; DOSULEPIN; FLUPENTIXOL; LITHIUM; PAROXETINE; THIORIDAZINE; VALPROIC ACID; VENLAFAXINE;

ADULT; AGE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHENOTYPE; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 48949120879     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2008.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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