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Cognitive performance of medicated schizophrenics with tardive dyskinesia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Daniel Collerton*
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Research Unit in Psychological Medicine, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne
Andrew Fairbairn
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Research Unit in Psychological Medicine, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne
Peter Britton
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Research Unit in Psychological Medicine, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne
*
1Address for correspondence: Mr Daniel Collerton, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SES 8AF.

Synopsis

Twenty schizophrenic patients with tardive dyskinesia and an equal number of matched controls were tested on a novel cognitive task. The task had two components: cued response and spatial memory. Relative to controls, the dyskinetic subjects showed a superior cued response performance but an equal spatial memory ability. We speculate that this selective facilitation may reflect dopaminergic hyperactivity in the dyskinetic group.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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