Article
Neurophysiological endophenotypes of schizophrenia: the viability of selected candidate measures.
Schizophrenia bulletin - 1 Jan 2007
Turetsky Bruce I, Calkins Monica E, Light Gregory A, Olincy Ann, Radant Allen D, Swerdlow Neal R
Abstract excerpt
In an effort to reveal susceptibility genes, schizophrenia research has turned to the endophenotype strategy. Endophenotypes are characteristics that reflect the actions of genes predisposing an individual to a disorder, even in the absence of diagnosable pathology. Individual endophenotypes are presumably determined by fewer genes than the more complex phenotype of schizophrenia and would, therefore, reduce the...
Topics
- Arousal
- Attention
- Brain
- Contingent Negative Variation
- Discrimination Learning
- Event-Related Potentials, P300
- Evoked Potentials, Auditory
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Humans
