Shared intermediate phenotypes for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: neuroanatomical features of subtypes distinguished by executive dysfunction
Author(s) -
Alana M. Shepherd,
Yann Quidé,
Kristin R. Laurens,
Nicole O’Reilly,
Jesseca E. Rowland,
Philip B. Mitchell,
Vaughan J. Carr,
Melissa J. Green
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of psychiatry and neuroscience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.767
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1488-2434
pISSN - 1180-4882
DOI - 10.1503/jpn.130283
Subject(s) - grey matter , bipolar disorder , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychology , precuneus , working memory , white matter , neuroscience , neuropsychology , audiology , cardiology , medicine , psychiatry , magnetic resonance imaging , cognition , radiology
Shared genetic vulnerability for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder may be associated with common neuroanatomical features. In view of the evidence for working memory dysfunction as a candidate intermediate phenotype for both disorders, we explored neuroanatomical distinctions between subtypes defined according to working memory (n-back task) performance.
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