Neurological differences between paranoid and nonparanoid schizophrenia: part I. sensory-motor lateralization.
Sensory-motor lateralization was studied prospectively in a consecutive sample of male chronic schizophrenic patients. The sample was divided into paranoid (N = 27) and nonparanoid (N = 53) subjects according to the Tsuang-Winokur criteria. Significantly more left handedness was found in the paranoid group, suggesting the left hemispheric dysfunction may be important in the etiology of paranoid schizophrenia.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005528:Foot / Q000502:physiology; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009799:Ocular Physiological Phenomena; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*