...Anne Pankow; Astrid Knobel; Martin Voss; Andreas Heinz Dopamine dysfunction is a mainstay of theories aimed to explain the neurobiological correlates of schizophrenia symptoms, particularly positive symptoms such as delusions and passivity phenomena. Based on studies revealing dopamine dysfunction...

...Elisabeth Refsum; Sladjana Zivanovic; Christian Astrup 74 patients with paranoiac psychoses were followed up. Paranoiac psychoses are characterized by affect-laden delusions, resemble the paranoias of Kraepelin, but have a better prognosis. 18 cases appeared to show a chronic course of illness...

... prolonged latency. There was also a higher amplitude (energy) in the low-frequency range of the N20 component compared with the controls. Importantly, amplitudes (energy) of HFOs were inversely correlated with symptoms of formal thought disorder and delusions. Alterations of the thalamocortical...