Autonomic nervous system activation during social cognition tasks in patients with schizophrenia and their unaffected relatives

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 194-203

  Jáuregui, Oscar Ignacio ^a   Costanzo, Elsa Y ^a   De Achával, Delfina ^a   Villarreal, Mirta F ^a   Chu, Elvina ^c   Mora, Martina C ^a   Vigo, Daniel E ^a,e   Castro, Mariana N ^a   Leiguarda, Ramón C ^a   Bär, Karl Jürgen ^d   Guinjoan, Salvador M ^a,b  

^a School of Psychology ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^e PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

autonomic nervous system; endophenotype; schizophrenia; social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RR INTERVAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL COGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 83655192770     PISSN: 15433633     EISSN: 15370887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNN.0b013e31824007e9     Document Type: Article

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