Article
Information processing deficits in relatives of manic depressive patients.
Psychological medicine - 1 May 2000
Pierson A, Jouvent R, Quintin P, Perez-Diaz F, Leboyer M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The importance of genetic factors in the aetiology of manic-depressive illness (MDI) has been repeatedly confirmed and indicators of vulnerability to the illness in families with affective disorders are needed. Abnormal event-related potentials (ERP) may be markers of genetic vulnerability to mental illness. Long latency and low amplitude of P300 have consistently been reported in schizophrenic...
Topics
- Adult
- Bipolar Disorder
- Event-Related Potentials, P300
- Evoked Potentials, Auditory
- Female
- Functional Laterality
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Male
- Mental Processes
- Pedigree
- Reaction Time
