Article
Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) tasting in paranoid and nonparanoid schizophrenic patients.
Perceptual and motor skills - 1 Apr 1992
Schlosberg A, Baruch I
Abstract excerpt
The present study reports on the association between Phenylthiocarbamide tasting for paranoid and nonparanoid schizophrenic patients. The incidence of PTC tasting is highly variable, and tasters and nontasters are frequently associated with some pathological states. 25 paranoid and 25 nonparanoid...
Topics
- Arousal
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Male
- Phenotype
- Phenylthiourea
- Schizophrenia, Paranoid
- Schizophrenic Psychology
- Taste
- Taste Threshold
