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Implications of basal ganglionic dysfunction for schizophrenia.

T I Lidsky, P M Weinhold, F M Levine

    Biological Psychiatry
    |February 1, 1979
    PubMed
    Summary

    This study suggests the basal ganglia play a key role in schizophrenia. Evidence links basal ganglia function to cognitive, affective, and attention deficits seen in schizophrenia, supporting this hypothesis.

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    Behavioural context and a distributed system: metabolic mapping studies of the basal ganglia.

    Canadian journal of experimental psychology = Revue canadienne de psychologie experimentale·1999

    Area of Science:

    • Neuroscience
    • Psychiatry

    Background:

    • Schizophrenia presents with cognitive, affective, and attentional deficits.
    • Motor problems are common in psychiatric patients and linked to basal ganglia issues.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To present evidence for the basal ganglia's involvement in mediating schizophrenia.
    • To explore the connection between basal ganglia dysfunction and schizophrenia symptoms.

    Main Methods:

    • Review of experimental and clinical literature.
    • Analysis of data linking basal ganglia function to cognitive and motor processes.

    Main Results:

    • Basal ganglia are implicated in higher cognitive processes, affect, and attention.
    • Schizophrenia symptoms align with deficits in these basal ganglionic functions.
    • Pathological conditions of the basal ganglia manifest psychiatric symptoms.

    Conclusions:

    • Dysfunction of the basal ganglia is a significant factor in schizophrenia.
    • The basal ganglia's role in cognitive and motor functions is crucial for understanding schizophrenia.

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