Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 154, Issue 2 , Pages 103-114 , 28 February 2007

Dissociating the effects of Sternberg working memory demands in prefrontal cortex

  • Mario Altamura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Sciences, Psychiatry Unit, University of Foggia, Italy
    • Clinical Brain Disorders Branch, NIMH, Bldg. 10, Bethesda MD, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Psychiatry Unit, University of Foggia, Italy. Tel./fax: +39 01139/0881 732285.
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  • Brita Elvevåg

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Brain Disorders Branch, NIMH, Bldg. 10, Bethesda MD, USA
    • ,
  • Giuseppe Blasi

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Brain Disorders Branch, NIMH, Bldg. 10, Bethesda MD, USA
    • Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Bari, Italy
    • ,
  • Alessandro Bertolino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, University of Bari, Italy
    • Department of Neuroradiology, IRCCSS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
    • ,
  • Joseph H. Callicott

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Brain Disorders Branch, NIMH, Bldg. 10, Bethesda MD, USA
    • ,
  • Daniel R. Weinberger

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Brain Disorders Branch, NIMH, Bldg. 10, Bethesda MD, USA
    • ,
  • Venkata S. Mattay

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Brain Disorders Branch, NIMH, Bldg. 10, Bethesda MD, USA
    • ,
  • Terry E. Goldberg

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Brain Disorders Branch, NIMH, Bldg. 10, Bethesda MD, USA

Received 14 May 2006 ,Revised 20 August 2006 ,Accepted 22 August 2006.

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PII: S0925-4927(06)00127-2

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.08.002

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 154, Issue 2 , Pages 103-114 , 28 February 2007

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