Glutathione precursor N-acetyl-cysteine modulates EEG synchronization in schizophrenia patients: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

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Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Carmeli, Cristian ^a   Knyazeva, Maria G ^a   Cuénod, Michel ^a   Do, Kim Q ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; PLACEBO; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SCAVENGER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARIETAL CORTEX; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TOPOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSCILLOMETRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GLUTATHIONE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSCILLOMETRY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLACEBOS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84857482073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029341     Document Type: Article

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