File:Schizophrenia PET scan.jpg

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Summary[edit]

illustration of Schizophrenia's effect on the brain; taken from here

  • Source: Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, M.D., Ph.D., NIMH Clinical Brain Disorders Branch on the tree of life.

While patients performed a working memory task, the less the prefrontal cortex (red) activated, the more dopamine increased in the striatum (green).

Abstract of study is here.

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current21:10, 10 November 2008Thumbnail for version as of 21:10, 10 November 2008224 × 248 (23 KB)Sakura No Seirei (talk | contribs)== Summary == illustration of Schizophrenia's effect on the brain; taken [http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jan2002/nimh-28.htm from here] *Source: Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, M.D., Ph.D., NIMH Clinical Brain Disorders Branch on the tree of life. ''While pa

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