Article
Spatial working memory deficits in schizophrenia patients and their first degree relatives from Palau, Micronesia.
American journal of medical genetics - 8 Aug 2002
Myles-Worsley Marina, Park Sohee
Abstract excerpt
Spatial working memory deficits associated with dorsolateral prefrontal dysfunction have been found in Caucasian samples of schizophrenia patients and their first-degree relatives. This study evaluated spatial working memory function in affected and unaffected members of multiplex schizophrenia families from the Republic of Palau to determine whether the spatial working memory deficits associated with...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Case-Control Studies
- Cognition Disorders
- Family
- Female
- Form Perception
- Humans
- Male
- Memory Disorders
- Middle Aged
- Palau
