An fMRI study of prefrontal dysfunction and symptomatic recovery in schizophrenia

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 440-450

  Smee, C ^a   Krabbendam, L ^b   O'Daly, O ^a   Prins, A M ^a   Nalesnik, N ^a   Morley, L ^a   Samson, G ^a   Shergill, S ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Neuroimaging; Positive symptoms; Prefrontal cortex; Schizophrenia; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PARIETAL CORTEX; POSITIVE SYNDROME; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTICAL DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL FLUENCY TASK;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79955980021     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2010.01632.x     Document Type: Article

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