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Odor hedonic capacity and anhedonia in schizophrenia and unaffected first-degree relatives of schizophrenia patients.
Schizophrenia bulletin - 1 Jan 2013
Kamath Vidyulata, Moberg Paul J, Kohler Christian G, Gur Raquel E, Turetsky Bruce I
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OBJECTIVE: There is increasing evidence that schizophrenia patients have difficulties in the hedonic appraisal of odors. In a prior study, we assessed olfactory hedonic perception birhinally and found that males with schizophrenia failed to attach the appropriate hedonic valence to a pleasant odor, despite correctly perceiving changes in odor intensity. Female patients, in contrast, exhibited normal responses....
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