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2798593

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-10-31
pubmed:abstractText
This study examined frontal lobe function in a group of 20 patients with schizophrenia, on and off medication, compared to 20 normals matched for age, sex, handedness, intelligence, and educational level. Schizophrenic patients generally did not perform as well as normals on the Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST). Patients off medication performed less well on this test than those on medication. Those on medication did not perform as well as those off medication on the design and word fluency tests, which suggested that medications may affect various aspects of frontal lobe function differently. During the WCST, normal subjects demonstrated an increase in beta mean frequency of the electroencephalogram in frontal and centrotemporal regions which was not statistically significant in either schizophrenic group. This shift in beta mean frequency was found to correlate positively with performance on the WCST in normals, but not in patients. Patients with more negative symptoms tended to show a smaller increase in beta mean frequency during the WCST. Performance on the WCST was correlated negatively with ventricle-brain ratio in all subjects, suggesting that frontal lobe function might be related to computed tomographic measures in the normal population as well as in schizophrenic patients. There was no correlation with performance on the WCST and length of illness.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0165-1781
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
137-49
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-4-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Psychological, topographic EEG, and CT scan correlates of frontal lobe function in schizophrenia.
pubmed:affiliation
London Psychiatric Hospital, Ont., Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't