Reduced prefrontal cortex activation during divergent thinking in schizophrenia: A multi-channel NIRS study

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1327-1332

  Takeshi, Kiyoaki ^a   Nemoto, Takahiro ^a   Fumoto, Masaki ^a   Arita, Hideho ^a   Mizuno, Masafumi ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS); Neurocognition; Prefrontal cortex; Schizophrenia; Social functioning

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGEN DISSOCIATION CURVE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL STATUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956430036     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.07.021     Document Type: Article

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