## Abstract ## Background To examine influencing variables of neurocognition in patients with schizophrenia and to predict cognition during antipsychotic treatment. ## Methods Data were obtained from patients with an acute episode of schizophrenia participating in two doubleβblind and one open l
Effect of aripiprazole, risperidone, and olanzapine on the acoustic startle response in Japanese chronic schizophrenia
β Scribed by Taro Kishi; Masatsugu Moriwaki; Tsuyoshi Kitajima; Kunihiro Kawashima; Tomo Okochi; Yasuhisa Fukuo; Osamu Furukawa; Hiroshi Naitoh; Kiyoshi Fujita; Nakao Iwata
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 139 KB
- Volume
- 209
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0033-3158
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