Common and disease-specific dysfunctions of brain systems underlying attentional and executive control in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 264, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 517-532

  Melcher, Tobias ^a   Wolter, Sarah ^a   Falck, Stefanie ^b   Wild, Eva ^c   Wild, Florian ^c   Gruber, Eva ^d   Falkai, Peter ^e   Gruber, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Clinic for Internal Medicine Community Hospital Neunkirchen gGmbH   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d Clinic for Neurosurgery Hannover Medical School ^*  (Germany)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Bipolar disorder; Endophenotypes; Executive functions; Prefrontal; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTIONAL MAINTENANCE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFLICT EFFECT; CONFLICT PROCESSING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITORY CONTROL; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL FUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ODDBALL EFFECT; PREPARATION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESSING ACCURACY; PROCESSING SPEED; RESPONSE TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SET SHIFTING; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901587743     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: 14338491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-013-0445-9     Document Type: Article

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