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PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
Author(s) -
Flekkøy K.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1975.tb11090.x
Subject(s) - neurophysiology , psychophysiology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , neuroscience , thalamus , psychology , dopamine , stimulation , psychosis , psychiatry
Recent studies in psychophysiology and neurophysiology strongly indicate that there is an overstimulation of the brain in schizophrenia. However, the relationship between overstimulation and schizophrenic symptoms is largely unknown. Neuropathological, anatomical and biochemical data support the conclusion that the schizophrenic syndrome represents a malfunctioning involving at least the neostriatal‐thalamus system, perhaps due to an imbalance between dopamine and noradrenaline.