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Executive attention in schizophrenic males and the impact of COMT Val108/158Met genotype on performance on the attention network test.
Schizophrenia bulletin - 1 Nov 2008
Opgen-Rhein Carolin, Neuhaus Andres H, Urbanek Carsten, Hahn Eric, Sander Thomas, Dettling Michael
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BACKGROUND: Executive control of attention in schizophrenia has recently been assessed by means of the Attention Network Test (ANT). In the past, for tasks assessing executive attention, findings in schizophrenia have been contradictory, among others suggesting a lack of increased stimulus interference effects. Attention and executive functioning are substantially influenced by candidate genes of schizophrenia,...
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