Perceptual pseudoneglect in schizophrenia: Candidate endophenotype and the role of the right parietal cortex

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 601-607

  Ribolsi, Michele ^a   Lisi, Giulia ^a   Di Lorenzo, Giorgio ^a   Koch, Giacomo ^b   Oliveri, Massimiliano ^b   Magni, Valentina ^a   Pezzarossa, Bianca ^a   Saya, Anna ^a   Rociola, Giuseppe ^a   Rubino, Ivo A ^a   Niolu, Cinzia ^a   Siracusano, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

endophenotype; posterior parietal cortex; pseudoneglect; schizophrenia; tDCS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS CONCERNING ORGAN SYSTEMS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV; ENDOPHENOTYPE; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE RELATIVE; HAMILTON SCALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PARIETAL CORTEX; PERCEPTUAL PSEUDONEGLECT; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ENDOPHENOTYPES; FAMILY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SPACE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875882413     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbs036     Document Type: Article

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