Sleep abnormalities in schizophrenia may suggest impaired trans-thalamic cortico-cortical communication: Towards a dynamic model of the illness

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1031-1039

  Vukadinovic, Zoran ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corollary discharge; First rank symptoms; Sleep spindles; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COROLLARY DISCHARGE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORY CORTEX; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP SPINDLE; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS RETICULAR NUCLEUS;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SLEEP DISORDERS; THALAMUS;

EID: 80053573412     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07822.x     Document Type: Review

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