Schizophrenia: From neurophysiological abnormalities to clinical symptoms

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue APR, 2015, Pages

  Castelnovo, Anna ^a,b   Ferrarelli, Fabio ^b   D'Agostino, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Basket cells; Gamma frequency oscillations; Parvalbumin positive interneuron; Prediction error; Predictive coding; Psychotic disorders; Reward system; Sleep spindles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930652828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00478     Document Type: Note

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