title: [Working memory in healthy subjects and schizophrenics: studies using BOLD fMRT].
abstract: Functional magnetic resonance imaging uses the blood oxygen level-dependent effect (BOLD MRI) for noninvasive display of cerebral correlatives of cognitive function. The importance for the understanding of physiological and pathological processes is demonstrated by investigations of working memory in schizophrenics and healthy controls. Working memory is involved in processing rather than storage of information and therefore is linked to complex processes such as learning and problem solving. In schizophrenic psychosis, these functions are clearly restricted. Training effects in the working memory task follow an inverse U-shape function, suggesting that cerebral activation reaches a peak before economics of the brain find a more efficient method and activation decreases.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Radiologie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum Heidelberg. f.giesel@dkfz.de
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Giesel
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hohmann
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Seidl
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Kress
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Schönknecht
authors.forename: H-U
authors.initials: HU
authors.lastname: Kauczor
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schröder
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Essig
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001931:Brain Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D012016:Reference Values; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen