Mirror neuron dysfunction-a neuro-marker for social cognition deficits in drug naïve schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 141, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 281-283

  Mehta, Urvakhsh Meherwan ^a   Basavaraju, Rakshathi ^a   Thirthalli, Jagadisha ^a   Gangadhar, Bangalore N ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; DORSAL INTEROSSEOUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MIRROR NEURON; MIRROR NEURON DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL COGNITION DEFICIT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIRROR NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866947410     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2012.07.005     Document Type: Letter

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