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Is there a neurobiological basis of insight in schizophrenia?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2011

Marcella Bellani  and
Paolo Brambilla
Marcella Bellani*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Verona (Italy) Inter-University Center for Behavioural Neurosciences (ICBN), University of Verona and University of Udine
Paolo Brambilla
Affiliation:
Section of Psychiatry, Department of Pathology and Experimental & Clinical Medicine, University of Udine, Udine (Italy) Inter-University Center for Behavioural Neurosciences (ICBN), University of Verona and University of Udine
*
Address for correspondence: Dr. M. Bellani, Department of Medicine and Public Health, Section of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, University of Verona, Piazzale L.A. Scuro 10, 37134 Verona (Italy). Fax: +39-045-585.871 E-mail: [email protected]
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Keywords

prefrontal cortexpsychosismagnetic resonancecognition
Type
Neurobiology of Psychosis. Clinical and Psychosocial Implications
Information
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , March 2008 , pp. 28 - 30
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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