Set-shifting abilities, central coherence, and handedness in anorexia nervosa patients, their unaffected siblings and healthy controls: Exploring putative endophenotypes

World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 813-823

  Tenconi, Elena ^a   Santonastaso, Paolo ^a   Degortes, Daniela ^a   Bosello, Romina ^a   Titton, Francesca ^a   Mapelli, Daniela ^a   Favaro, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anorexia nervosa; Endophenotype; Executive functioning; Handedness; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ENDOPHENOTYPES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODDS RATIO; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SIBLINGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955625796     PISSN: 15622975     EISSN: 18141412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15622975.2010.483250     Document Type: Article

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