Neurotropic infectious agents and cognitive impairment in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1135-1136

  Nimgaonkar, Vishwajit L ^a   Yolken, Robert H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; herpes; schizophrenia; Toxoplasma gondii; virus

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEFECT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GRAY MATTER; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 84869028551     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbs125     Document Type: Review

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