Clinical Electrophysiology lab
Lab
2751 E. Jefferson
Detroit, MI 48207
Diagnosis in Psychiatry remains dependent on subjective reports by patients or difficult to quantify observations of aberrant behavior. Currently identified biological markers,
when used in isolation, do not have the performance characteristics to be useful in clinical medicine. This feasibility study well compares the diagnostic power of a battery of
electrophysiological tests and its individual test-components. This feasibility project has one hypothesis and two specific aims. Hypothesis: Significantly different and reproducible recordable electrophysiological profiles can be established for the disorders commonly included in the differential diagnosis of schizophrenia. Our first specific aim is to examine the feasibility of administering a battery of electrophysiological tests to two groups of patients: schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. A group of healthy individuals age- and gender-matched will also be examined. Our second specific aim is to identify the electrophysiological variables that best differentiate patients with schizophrenia from subjects in the other two groups for the purpose of refining the test-battery.
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