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Exercise interventions in patients with schizophrenia: inspiration to get fit

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Our studies are supported by the following grants: FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo); CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico); Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES); Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG).

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  1. Disciplina de Neurociência, Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP), Rua Pedro de Toledo, 669, 1° andar, 04039-032, São Paulo, SP, Brasil

    Fulvio A. Scorza & Carla A. Scorza

  2. Centro de Neurociências e Saúde da Mulher “Professor Geraldo Rodrigues de Lima.”, Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de São Paulo (EPM/UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brasil

    Fulvio A. Scorza, Antonio-Carlos G. de Almeida & Carla A. Scorza

  3. Laboratório de Neurociência Experimental e Computacional, Departamento de Engenharia de Biossistemas, Universidade Federal de São João del-Rei (UFSJ), São Paulo, Brasil

    Antonio-Carlos G. de Almeida

  4. Klinik Landstrasse, Messerli Institute, Vienna, Austria

    Josef Finsterer

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Scorza, F.A., de Almeida, AC.G., Scorza, C.A. et al. Exercise interventions in patients with schizophrenia: inspiration to get fit. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 271, 411–412 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-020-01206-y

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