Regional cerebral blood flow in schizophrenia: repeated studies during a psychotic episode

Summary, in English

Regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) measurements and clinical ratings were performed on 17 schizophrenic patients and a subgroup of 10 medication-free patients before and after treatment. While clinically exacerbated patients had normal blood flow, patients in remission showed a redistribution of flow with lower values in frontal areas. Anteroposterior ratios correlated with the degree of behavioral disturbances, suggesting that the level of frontal lobe activity in schizophrenia may be a function of the patient's clinical state at the time of study.

• Author: Siegbert Warkentin; A Nilsson; Jarl Risberg; S Karlson; K Flekkoy; G Franzen; Lars Gustafson; G Rodriguez
• Department/s: Clinical Memory Research; Psychiatry (Lund); Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
• Publishing year: 1990
• Language: English
• Pages: 27-38
• Publication/Series: Psychiatry Research
• Volume: 35
• Issue: 1
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Topic: Medical and Health Sciences
• Status: Published
• Research group: Clinical Memory Research
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1872-7123