Reduced mirror neuron activity in schizophrenia and its association with theory of mind deficits: Evidence from a transcranial magnetic stimulation study

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1083-1094

  Mehta, Urvakhsh Meherwan ^a   Thirthalli, Jagadisha ^a   Basavaraju, Rakshathi ^a   Gangadhar, Bangalore N ^a   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipsychotic naive; Embodied simulation; Mental state attribution; Mirror neurons; Psychosis; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIRROR NEURON; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THEORY OF MIND; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIRROR NEURONS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; THEORY OF MIND; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84904062074     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbt155     Document Type: Article

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