Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 146, Issue 3 , Pages 199-211 , 30 April 2006

Functional magnetic resonance imaging studies of eye movements in first episode schizophrenia: Smooth pursuit, visually guided saccades and the oculomotor delayed response task

  • Sarah K. Keedy

      Affiliations

    • Center for Cognitive Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 912 S. Wood Street (MC 913), Chicago, IL 60612-7327, USA
    • ,
  • Christen L. Ebens

      Affiliations

    • Center for Cognitive Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 912 S. Wood Street (MC 913), Chicago, IL 60612-7327, USA
    • ,
  • Martcheri S. Keshavan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA
    • ,
  • John A. Sweeney

      Affiliations

    • Center for Cognitive Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 912 S. Wood Street (MC 913), Chicago, IL 60612-7327, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 312 413 9205; fax: +1 312 413 8837.

Received 5 October 2005 ,Revised 20 December 2005 ,Accepted 2 January 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.01.003

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 146, Issue 3 , Pages 199-211 , 30 April 2006

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