| Schizophrenia
may involve bad timing
A glitch in the
timing of cell responses across broad swaths of brain tissue may help
account for symptoms of schizophrenia.
References:
Green, M.F., and
K.H. Nuechterlein. 1999. Cortical oscillations and schizophrenia. Archives
of General Psychiatry 56(November):1007.
Kwon, J.S. . . .
and R.W. McCarley. 1999. Gamma frequency-range abnormalities to
auditory stimulation in schizophrenia. Archives of General
Psychiatry 56(November):1001.
Further Readings:
Bower, B. 1999.
Neural ties that bind perception. . . Science News 155(Feb.
20):122.
Sources:
Michael F. Green
University of California, Los Angeles
Neuropsychiatric Institute
760 Westwood Plaza, C9-420
Los Angeles, CA 90024-1759
Robert W.
McCarley
Harvard Medical School
Department of Psychiatry 116A
Brockton Veterans Affairs Medical Center
940 Belmont Street
Brockton, MA 02401
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 20, November 13, 1999, p. 309. Copyright ©
1999, Science Service. |