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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-10-4
pubmed:abstractText
The goal of this study was to replicate and extend previous findings indicating that the eye movement data of schizophrenic patients is best represented by the mixture of two groups, one of which has distinctly poor performance. Forty-nine schizophrenic patients and 32 normal controls had their smooth pursuit eye movements quantified by calculating the root mean square (RMS) deviation between the target and eye waveforms. Based on the finding of mixture in the distribution of RMS error, the patients were divided into low (better tracking) and high (worse tracking) RMS error subgroups. The high RMS error patients had abnormally decreased gain. Both patient subgroups had abnormally increased frequency of catch-up saccades and increased phase lag. Distinguishing between these two subgroups may be useful in clarifying the pathophysiology of abnormal pursuit and its relationship to heterogeneity in schizophrenia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0048-5772
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
33
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
390-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Mixture analysis of smooth pursuit eye movements in schizophrenia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, Medical College of Virginia-Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA. davideross@aol.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial