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Studies with regional cerebral blood flow (CBF) technique (Ingvar 1980; Ingvar and Franzén 1974) suggest differences in distribution between schizophrenic patients and healthy control subjects. The former were reported to show lower blood flow in frontal cortical regions.
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Widén, L. et al. (1983). Positron Emission Tomography Studies of Brain Energy Metabolism in Schizophrenia. In: Heiss, WD., Phelps, M.E. (eds) Positron Emission Tomography of the Brain. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-95428-3_22
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