Abnormally high EEG alpha synchrony during working memory maintenance in twins discordant for schizophrenia
Schizophrenia ResearchPublished 6 June 2008Open access
Peter Bachman, Junghoon Kim, Cindy M. Yee, Sebastian Therman, Marko Manninen, Jouko Lönnqvist
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These findings demonstrate abnormally increased ERD/ERS amplitudes with increasing memory load in patients with schizophrenia and their co-twins, consistent with inefficiency of the neurocognitive mechanisms supporting active maintenance of information across a delay.
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These findings demonstrate abnormally increased ERD/ERS amplitudes with increasing memory load in patients with schizophrenia and their co-twins, consistent with inefficiency of the neurocognitive mechanisms supporting active maintenance of information across a delay.
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