Cognition in schizophrenia: Core psychological and neural mechanisms

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 27-34

  Barch, Deanna M ^a   Ceaser, Alan ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN REGIONS; COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; CONTEXT PROCESSING; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; EPISODIC MEMORIES; NEURAL MECHANISMS; STRIATUM; WORKING MEMORIES;

DISEASES;

BRAIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CORPUS STRIATUM; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMORY DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THALAMUS; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; DOPAMINE; HUMANS; MEMORY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; THALAMUS;

EID: 84855318240     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2011.11.015     Document Type: Review

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