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Impact of Familial Loading on Prefrontal Activation in Major Psychiatric Disorders: A Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) Study.
Scientific reports - 15 Mar 2017
Ohi Kazutaka, Shimada Takamitsu, Kihara Hiroaki, Yasuyama Toshiki, Sawai Kazuyuki, Matsuda Yukihisa, Oshima Kazuaki, Okubo Hiroaki, Nitta Yusuke, Uehara Takashi, Kawasaki Yasuhiro
Abstract excerpt
Family history (FH) is predictive of the development of major psychiatric disorders (PSY). Familial psychiatric disorders are largely a consequence of genetic factors and typically exhibit more severe impairments. Decreased prefrontal activity during verbal fluency testing (VFT) may constitute an intermediate phenotype for PSY. We investigated whether familial PSY were associated with a greater severity of...
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