Memory Disorder in Schizophrenia.
- Author:
Duk In JON
1
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Schizophrenia;
Memory disorder
- MeSH:
Brain;
Frontal Lobe;
Hippocampus;
Humans;
Memory Disorders*;
Memory*;
Schizophrenia*;
Temporal Lobe;
Thalamus
- From:Sleep Medicine and Psychophysiology
1997;4(1):39-48
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Memory disorder is the most consistent neuropsychological finding in schizophrenia and seems to be a stable trait in it. It is suggested that memory dysfunction found in patients with schizophrenia is primary to biological abnormalities, not secondary to attention deficits they have. Although temporal lobe structures including hippocampus and thalamus have traditionally been thought to be implicated regions for memory disorder in schizophrenia, recent studies indicate the possibility of abnormalities in the frontal lobe and the neural circuits between brain regions. Advanced research methods such as functional imaging technique are expected to produce more detailed informations about memory function in schizophrenia.
