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Neurological Soft Signs in Never-Treated Schizophrenia

open access: yesActa Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2003
Objective:Studies of Neurological Soft Signs (NSS) in schizophrenia are confounded by handedness, inconsistent methodology, and prior treatment with neuroleptics. The study objective is to examine NSS in never‐treated schizophrenia.Method:We examined the NSS in treatment‐naïve schizophrenia patients (n = 21) and age, sex, education, and handedness ...
Ganesan Venkatasubramanian   +2 more
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Neurological Soft Signs as Candidate Endophenotypes for Schizophrenia: A Shooting Star or a Northern Star?

open access: yesNeuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 2008
The crucial role of neurological indicators in schizophrenia has been recognized as among the "target features" that encompass the idea that genetic and non-genetic processes lead to neurointegrative defects later manifested in neurocognitive systems. In
Irving Gottesman, Raymond C K Chan
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Neurological Soft Signs in Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Research, 1991
A new scale for neurological soft signs (NSS) was constructed and consists of 17 items compiled from the literature. The scale was found to have a high internal reliability (Cronbach's alpha 0.83) and a high interrater reliability (0.88). According to the results of a factor analysis, NSS are covered by five factors: 'motor coordination', 'integrative ...
Johannes Schröder   +2 more
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The Presence of Neurological Soft Signs Along the Psychosis Proneness Continuum. [PDF]

open access: yesSchizophrenia Bulletin, 2006
Neurological soft signs have been observed in patients with schizophrenia and their relatives. However, it has not been considered whether the increased rates of neurological soft signs are related to measures of psychosis proneness in the general ...
Emma Barkus, Shôn Lewis, John Stirling
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A 3-Year Prospective Study of Neurological Soft Signs in First-Episode Schizophrenia

open access: yesSchizophrenia Research, 2005
Neurological soft signs are biological traits that underlie schizophrenia and are found to occur at higher levels in at-risk individuals. The expression of neurological soft signs may be modifiable during the onset of the first psychotic episode and the ...
Eric Yu-Hai Chen   +2 more
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Neurological Soft Signs Are Not “Soft” in Brain Structure and Functional Networks: Evidence From ALE Meta-Analysis

open access: yesSchizophrenia Bulletin, 2014
Background: Neurological soft signs (NSS) are associated with schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders. NSS have been conventionally considered as clinical neurological signs without localized brain regions.
Qing Zhao, Jia Huang, Simon S Y Lui
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Neurological Soft Signs in Schizophrenia

British Journal of Psychiatry, 1990
A standardised clinical examination which focused on neurological soft signs (NSS) was used by a neurologist blind to diagnosis to assess the presence of neurological soft signs. A comparison of NSS score was made among three groups of subjects consisting of 58 DSM–III schizophrenics, 31 of their healthy first-degree relatives and 38 normal controls ...
ROSSI, ALESSANDRO   +6 more
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The Cambridge Neurological Inventory: A Clinical Instrument for Assessment of Soft Neurological Signs in Psychiatric Patients

open access: yesPsychiatry Research, 1995
A schedule (the Cambridge Neurological Inventory) has been constructed for standardized neurological assessment of psychiatric patients. Normative data and data resulting from its application to a group of patients with schizophrenia are reported.
Eric Yu-Hai Chen   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Neurological “soft signs” in children and adolescents

Journal of Pediatric Neurology, 2015
Neurological “soft signs” (NSS) are defined as minor abnormalities in the neurological examination in subjects with no other features of fixed or transient neurologic disorders [1]. These clinical disabilities are often associated with behavior, coordination and learning difficulties.
PAOLA IANNETTI   +2 more
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Soft Neurological Signs and Impulsivity in Children

Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 1990
To evaluate the relationship between soft neurological signs and various proposed dimensions of impulsivity (behavioral and cognitive), 31 boys (6-13 years, mean +/- SD 10.1 +/- 1.8) with disruptive behavior disorders, and 45 age-matched boys without DSM-III-R pathology, were independently assessed on clinical ratings of impulsivity, a battery of ...
B, Vitiello   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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