Diminished neural sensitivity to irregular facial expression in first-episode schizophrenia

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2606-2616

  Bleich Cohen, Maya ^a,b   Strous, Rael D ^b   Even, Raz ^b,c   Rotshtein, Pia ^d   Yovel, Galit ^a,e   Iancu, Iulian ^b   Olmer, Ahikam ^b   Hendler, Talma ^a,b,e  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BEER YAAKOV MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^d SHALVATA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; fMRI; Fusiform gyrus; Modulation; Prefrontal cortex; Repetition suppression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650445299     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20696     Document Type: Article

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