An Indian experience of neurocognitive endophenotypic markers in unaffected first-degree relatives of schizophrenia patients
Author(s) -
RamKumar Solanki,
Ashok Kumar,
Yogesh Satija,
Suresh Gupta,
Paramjeet Singh
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.174356
Subject(s) - neurocognitive , endophenotype , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , verbal memory , psychology , working memory , recall , visual memory , population , audiology , clinical psychology , cognitive psychology , cognition , psychiatry , medicine , environmental health
Multiple vulnerability genes interact with environmental factors to develop a range of phenotypes in the schizophrenia spectrum. Endophenotypes can help characterize the impact of risk genes by providing genetically relevant traits that are more complaisant than the behavioral symptoms that classify mental illness.
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