First-order relatives of schizophrenic patients are not impaired in the continuous performance test

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 481-486

  Chkonia, Eka ^a   Roinishvili, Maya ^b   Herzog, Michael H ^c   Brand, Andreas ^d  

^a TBILISI STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

^b Tbilisi St Andrew the First Called Georgian University of Georgian Patriarchate   (Georgia)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d KLINIKUM BREMEN OST   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive functions; Continuous Performance Test; First order relatives; Schizophrenia; Sustained attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952966482     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390903201777     Document Type: Article

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