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Effect of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Prefrontal Inhibition in Schizophrenia Patients with Persistent Auditory Hallucinations: A Study on Antisaccade Task Performance
Author(s) -
Aditi Subramaniam,
Sri Mahavir Agarwal,
Sunil V. Kalmady,
Venkataram Shivakumar,
Harleen Chhabra,
Anushree Bose,
Damodharan Dinakaran,
Janardhanan C. Narayanaswamy,
Sam Hutton,
Ganesan Venkatasubramanian
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.168584
Subject(s) - antisaccade task , transcranial direct current stimulation , prefrontal cortex , audiology , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychology , neuroscience , transcranial magnetic stimulation , stimulation , medicine , psychiatry , cognition , eye movement , saccade
Deficient prefrontal cortex inhibitory control is of particular interest with regard to the pathogenesis of auditory hallucinations (AHs) in schizophrenia. Antisaccade task performance is a sensitive index of prefrontal inhibitory function and has been consistently found to be abnormal in schizophrenia.

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