Near-infrared spectroscopy in schizophrenia: A possible biomarker for predicting clinical outcome and treatment response

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Koike, Shinsuke ^a,b   Nishimura, Yukika ^b   Takizawa, Ryu ^b,c   Yahata, Noriaki ^b   Kasai, Kiyoto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological markers; Clinical outcome; Early intervention; near infrared spectroscopy; Verbal fluency task

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HEMOGLOBIN; MIRTAZAPINE; PLACEBO; TRAZODONE;

BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MECHANICAL PROBE; NEAR INFRARED IMAGING SYSTEM; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROFEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84889643662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2013.00145     Document Type: Review

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