Negative symptoms in neuroleptic-naïve patients with first-episode psychosis correlate with QEEG parameters

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 115, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 231-236

  Gschwandtner, Ute ^a   Zimmermann, Ronan ^a   Pflueger, Marlon O ^a   Riecher Rössler, Anita ^a   Fuhr, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fast Fourier Transform; First episode psychosis; Negative symptoms; Neuroleptic na ve; Quantitative electroencephalography; Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS)

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; LORAZEPAM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OXAZEPAM; PAROXETINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DELTA RHYTHM; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; NEGATIVE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCALE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF NEGATIVE SYMPTOM; SLOW BRAIN WAVE; THETA RHYTHM;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71649087236     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2009.06.013     Document Type: Article

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