Working memory and attention deficits in adolescent offspring of schizophrenia or bipolar patients: Comparing vulnerability markers

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1349-1354

  Diwadkar, Vaibhav A ^a,b   Goradia, Dhruman ^a   Hosanagar, Avinash ^c   Mermon, Diana ^b   Montrose, Debra M ^b   Birmaher, Boris ^b   Axelson, David ^b   Rajarathinem, R ^a   Haddad, Luay ^a   Amirsadri, Ali ^a   Zajac Benitez, Caroline ^a   Rajan, Usha ^a   Keshavan, Matcheri S ^d  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Bipolar disorder; Offspring; Schizophrenia; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE TASK IDENTICAL PAIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DORSAL FRONTAL CORTEX; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRONTOSTRIATAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROGENY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957820054     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: 18784216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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