Electrodermal orienting response, maternal age, and season of birth in schizophrenia.
Consistent with earlier research, male schizophrenic patients born during the season of excess risk for schizophrenia (January-April) showed significantly lower electrodermal responsivity than controls born during the season of excess risk, and patients and controls born during the season not associated with increased risk (May-December). No support for maternal age as an explanation for the season-of-birth effect was found.
Ohlund
L S
LS
Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Uppsala, Sweden.
Ohman
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Ost
L G
LG
Lindström
L H
LH
Wieselgren
I M
IM
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D005712:Galvanic Skin Response / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D008297:Male; D008423:Maternal Age; D009949:Orientation / Q000502:physiology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012621:Seasons; D012737:Sex Factors