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Abnormal functional motor lateralization in healthy siblings of patients with schizophrenia.
Psychiatry research - 30 Jul 2012
Altamura Mario, Fazio Leonardo, De Salvia Michela, Petito Annamaria, Blasi Giuseppe, Taurisano Paolo, Romano Raffaella, Gelao Barbara, Bellomo Antonello, Bertolino Alessandro
Abstract excerpt
Earlier neuroimaging studies of motor function in schizophrenia have demonstrated reduced functional lateralization in the motor network during motor tasks. Here, we used event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging during a visually guided motor task in 18 clinically unaffected siblings of patients with schizophrenia and 24 matched controls to investigate if abnormal functional lateralization is related...
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