Fragile early visual percepts mark genetic liability specific to schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 839-847

  Sponheim, Scott R ^a,b   Sass, Sarah M ^c   Noukki, Althea L ^d   Hegeman, Bridget M ^a  

^a Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

backward masking; bipolar disorder; endophenotype; magno cellular; unaffected relatives

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG DOSE; ENDOPHENOTYPE; FEMALE; FIRST DEGREE RELATIVE; HUMAN; INTELLECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL BACKWARD MASKING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84879335059     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbs041     Document Type: Article

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