SCHIZOPHRENIA, PSYCHOSIS, AND THE BASAL GANGLIA

Authors
BUSATTO GF KERWIN RW
Citation
Gf. Busatto et Rw. Kerwin, SCHIZOPHRENIA, PSYCHOSIS, AND THE BASAL GANGLIA, The Psychiatric clinics of North America, 20(4), 1997, pp. 897
Citations number
83
Journal title
The Psychiatric clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
0193953X
Volume
20
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0193-953X(1997)20:4<897:SPATBG>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Schizophrenia is one of the most common and perhaps the most disabling of mental disorders, for which effective forms of treatment have not yet been established definitively. The findings reviewed in this artic le strongly suggest that basal ganglia abnormalities are involved in t he pathophysiology of psychotic syndromes in general, and schizophreni a in particular.