A genetic deconstruction of neurocognitive traits in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

BACKGROUND:Impairments in cognitive functions are common in patients suffering from psychiatric disorders, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Cognitive traits have been proposed as useful for understanding the biological and genetic mechanisms implicated in cognitive function in healthy ind...

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Main Authors: Carla P D Fernandes, Andrea Christoforou, Sudheer Giddaluru, Kari M Ersland, Srdjan Djurovic, Manuel Mattheisen, Astri J Lundervold, Ivar Reinvang, Markus M Nöthen, Marcella Rietschel, Roel A Ophoff, Genetic Risk and Outcome of Psychosis (GROUP), Albert Hofman, André G Uitterlinden, Thomas Werge, Sven Cichon, Thomas Espeseth, Ole A Andreassen, Vidar M Steen, Stephanie Le Hellard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3861303?pdf=render