Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 147, Issue 1 , Pages 41-46 , 30 June 2006

Preliminary findings of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in occipital cortex during sleep deprivation

  • Anna S. Urrila

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Institute of Biomedicine/Department of Physiology, P.O. Box 63, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. Tel.: +358 9 191 25317; fax: +358 9 191 25302.
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  • Antti Hakkarainen

      Affiliations

    • Helsinki Medical Imaging Center, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Sami Heikkinen

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Outi Huhdankoski

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
    • ,
  • Tuomo Kuusi

      Affiliations

    • Helsinki Medical Imaging Center, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Dag Stenberg

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Anna-Maija Häkkinen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Tarja Porkka-Heiskanen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Biomedicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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  • Nina Lundbom

      Affiliations

    • Helsinki Medical Imaging Center, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Received 29 October 2005 ,Revised 19 January 2006 ,Accepted 19 January 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.01.010

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 147, Issue 1 , Pages 41-46 , 30 June 2006

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