Article
Visual fixation and smooth pursuit eye movement abnormalities in patients with schizophrenia and their relatives.
The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences - 1 Jan 1995
Amador X F, Malaspina D, Sackeim H A, Coleman E A, Kaufmann C A, Hasan A, Gorman J M
Abstract excerpt
Increasing evidence suggests that smooth pursuit eye movement (SPEM) dysfunction may serve as an endophenotype or genetic marker of schizophrenia. The authors tested SPEM and visual fixation (VF) in 31 patients with schizophrenia, 33 of their first-degree relatives, and 24 patients with major dep...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Bipolar Disorder
- Depression
- Depressive Disorder
- Female
- Fixation, Ocular
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
- Psychotic Disorders
- Pursuit, Smooth
- Reference Values
- Reproducibility of Results
- Schizophrenia
- Schizophrenic Psychology