Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 154, Issue 1 , Pages 31-40 , 15 January 2007

Brain activation patterns during a selective attention test — a functional MRI study in healthy volunteers and unmedicated patients during an acute episode of schizophrenia

  • Elisabeth M. Weiss

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Psychiatry, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +43 512 504 23636; fax: +43 512 504 23628.
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  • Christian Siedentopf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Stefan Golaszewski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Felix M. Mottaghy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Ulm, Germany
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  • Alex Hofer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Psychiatry, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Christian Kremser

      Affiliations

    • Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria
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  • Stefan Felber

      Affiliations

    • Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria
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  • W. Wolfgang Fleischhacker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biological Psychiatry, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria

Received 2 January 2006 ,Revised 24 March 2006 ,Accepted 22 April 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.04.009

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 154, Issue 1 , Pages 31-40 , 15 January 2007

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