Pursuit eye movements as an intermediate phenotype across psychotic disorders: Evidence from the B-SNIP study

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 169, Issue 1-3, 2015, Pages 326-333

  Lencer, Rebekka ^a   Sprenger, Andreas ^b   Reilly, James L ^c   McDowell, Jennifer E ^d   Rubin, Leah H ^e   Badner, Judith A ^f   Keshavan, Matcheri S ^g   Pearlson, Godfrey D ^h   Tamminga, Carol A ⁱ   Gershon, Elliot S ^f   Clementz, Brett A ^d   Sweeney, John A ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Georgia   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Familiality; Predictive pursuit eye movements; Schizoaffective disorder; Schizophrenia; Sensorimotor processing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BLINKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE MOVEMENT VELOCITY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FAMILY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; BIPOLAR DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953839220     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: 15732509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2015.09.032     Document Type: Article

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