Verbal fluency and psychiatric symptoms in geriatric schizophrenia

Citation
E. Howanitz et al., Verbal fluency and psychiatric symptoms in geriatric schizophrenia, SCHIZOPHR R, 42(3), 2000, pp. 167-169
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH
ISSN journal
09209964 → ACNP
Volume
42
Issue
3
Year of publication
2000
Pages
167 - 169
Database
ISI
SICI code
0920-9964(20000505)42:3<167:VFAPSI>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Previous studies have demonstrated that negative symptoms are regulated by frontal brain regions. We were interested in the relationship between psych iatric symptoms and performance on a verbal fluency (VF) battery in a popul ation of elderly schizophrenic subjects. Thirty-five elderly schizophrenic subjects were administered a neuropsychological battery which included verb al fluency performance and Positive and Negative Symptom Scale (PANSS). Res ults showed negative symptoms to be strongly correlated with performance on tasks of VF, which may suggest that negative symptomatology in schizophren ia is related to prefrontal cortical activity. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B. V, All rights reserved.