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Prefrontal cortex function in nonpsychotic siblings of individuals with schizophrenia.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Mar 2008
Delawalla Zainab, Csernansky John G, Barch Deanna M
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BACKGROUND: Cognitive dysfunction is a hallmark feature of schizophrenia. In recent years, it has been proposed that impairments in attention, working memory and executive function may all reflect an underlying deficit in context processing. In individuals with schizophrenia, deficits in context processing have been associated with functional impairments of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). METHODS: We...
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