Network dysfunction during associative learning in schizophrenia: Increased activation, but decreased connectivity: An fMRI study

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 148, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 38-49

  Wadehra, Sunali ^a   Pruitt, Patrick ^b   Murphy, Eric R ^c   Diwadkar, Vaibhav A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; FMRI; Inefficiency; Learning; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BASAL GANGLION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR TEMPORAL CORTEX; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL INTERACTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STRIATE CORTEX; SUPERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX;

CONNECTIVITY; FMRI; INEFFICIENCY; LEARNING; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881022319     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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