A dynamical systems hypothesis of schizophrenia

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The inconsistent expressions related to schizophrenia are newly structured in a recent study by researchers at the Universitas Pompeau Fabra (Barcelona), and Oxford University. Marco Loh, Edmund Rolls and Gustavo Deco have created a dynamical system framework to discuss the disorder, publishing on November 9, 2007 in the journal PLoS Computational Biology.


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