Neurocognitive-genetic and neuroimaging-genetic research paradigms in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1621-1639

  Kurnianingsih, Yoanna Arlina ^a,b   Kuswanto, Carissa Nadia ^a   McIntyre, Roger S ^c   Qiu, Anqi ^d   Ho, Beng Choon ^e   Sim, Kang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Genetic; Neurocognitive; Neuroimaging; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CELL COMMUNICATION; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; LIMBIC CORTEX; MENTAL PATIENT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITION DISORDERS; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84855215309     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-011-0672-z     Document Type: Article

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