Involvement of the mirror neuron system in blunted affect in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 268-274

  Lee, Jung Suk ^a,b   Chun, Ji Won ^a   Yoon, Sang Young ^a   Park, Hae Jeong ^a   Kim, Jae Jin ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Bundang Jesaeng Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blunted affect; Facial expressions; FMRI; Mirror neuron system; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BLUNTED AFFECT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; MALE; MIRROR NEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BRIEF MOTOR SCALE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTOPOLAR CORTEX; MODIFIED PROSOCIAL SCALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE ASSESSMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PUTAMEN; SADNESS; SCALE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL SULCUS; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; VISUAL STIMULATION;

BLUNTED AFFECT; FACIAL EXPRESSIONS; FMRI; MIRROR NEURON SYSTEM; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIRROR NEURONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84891630449     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2013.10.043     Document Type: Article

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