Galantamine added to olanzapine improves prefrontal cortex functioning in schizophrenia: a case fMRI study.

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Authors	KAŠPÁREK Tomáš PŘIKRYL Radovan KUČEROVÁ Hana KRUPA Petr ČEŠKOVÁ Eva MIKL Michal
Year of publication	2004
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Psychiatrie
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Medicine
Citation
Field	Psychiatry, sexuology
Keywords	galantamine; schizophrenia; fMRI
Description	Galantamin added to olanzapin in a patient with persistent cognitive dysfunction improved memory functions measured by WMS IIIR. Subtest "Faces" from WMS III was used as activation paradigm in fMRI. At baseline, there were almost no activation, after 4 weeks of galantamine treatment significant activity appeared in the prefrontal cortex.
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