Facial emotion processing in patients with schizophrenia and their non-psychotic siblings: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 134, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 143-150

  Li, Hui Jie ^a   Chan, Raymond C K ^a   Gong, Qi Yong ^b   Liu, Yu ^b   Liu, Shan Ming ^b   Shum, David ^c   Ma, Zhen Ling ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Facial perception; FMRI; Schizophrenia; Siblings

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILATERAL INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; BILATERAL INSULA; BILATERAL MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FRONTAL GYRUS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INSULA; LEFT INSULA; LEFT MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; LEFT MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; LEFT PRECENTRAL GYRUS; LEFT SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; PARIETAL GYRUS; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RIGHT ORBITAL FRONTAL GYRUS; RIGHT SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; RIGHT SUPERIOR PARIETAL GYRUS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIBLING; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIBLINGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856256642     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2011.10.019     Document Type: Article

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