Regional cerebral blood flow in schizophrenia: repeated studies during a psychotic episode

Summary, in English

Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) measurements and clinical ratings were performed on 17 schizophrenic patients and a subgroup of 10 medication-free patients before and after treatment. While clinically exacerbated patients had normal blood flow, patients in remission showed a redistribution of flow with lower values in frontal areas. Anteroposterior ratios correlated with the degree of behavioral disturbances, suggesting that the level of frontal lobe activity in schizophrenia may be a function of the patient's clinical state at the time of study.

• Författare: Siegbert Warkentin; A Nilsson; Jarl Risberg; S Karlson; K Flekkoy; G Franzen; Lars Gustafson; G Rodriguez
• Avdelning/ar: Klinisk minnesforskning; Psykiatri, Lund; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri
• Publiceringsår: 1990
• Språk: Engelska
• Sidor: 27-38
• Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Psychiatry Research
• Volym: 35
• Issue: 1
• Dokumenttyp: Artikel i tidskrift
• Förlag: Elsevier
• Ämne: Medical and Health Sciences
• Status: Published
• Forskningsgrupp: Clinical Memory Research
• ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt: ISSN: 1872-7123