Physiologic abnormalities of the neuromuscular system in schizophrenia

Evidence from serum enzyme studies and morphologic study of skeletal muscle fibers and subterminal motor nerves that strongly suggests abnormalities of the neuromuscular system in some, if not all, patients with schizophrenia and the affective psychoses has recently been extensively reviewed in the...

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Published in:Schizophrenia bulletin 1977, Vol.3 (1), p.121-138
Main Authors: Goode, D J, Meltzer, H Y, Crayton, J W, Mazura, T A
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acute Disease
Adolescent
Adult
Chronic Disease
Creatine Kinase - blood
Electronics, Medical
Electrophysiology
Female
H-Reflex
Human
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Motor Neurons
Motor Neurons - physiology
Muscles
Muscles - innervation
Muscles - physiopathology
Nervous System - physiopathology
Neural Conduction
Neurophysiology
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia - enzymology
Schizophrenia - physiopathology
Schizophrenia, Paranoid
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Summary:Evidence from serum enzyme studies and morphologic study of skeletal muscle fibers and subterminal motor nerves that strongly suggests abnormalities of the neuromuscular system in some, if not all, patients with schizophrenia and the affective psychoses has recently been extensively reviewed in the Schizophrenia Bulletin (Meltzer, 1976). That review briefly mentioned electrophysiologic investigations of neuromuscular function in psychotic patients. The purpose of this article is to report some of these studies in detail and review the few other electrophysiologic studies in patients with the major mental illnesses. Because the measures to be discussed are probably unfamiliar to many readers of the Bulletin, the initial part of this article provides an introduction to selected aspects of the electrophysiologic study of neuromuscular function in man. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: journal abstract)
ISSN:0586-7614
1745-1701
DOI:10.1093/schbul/3.1.121