Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 154, Issue 3 , Pages 233-240 , 15 April 2007

Brain activation during implicit sequence learning in individuals with trichotillomania

  • Scott L. Rauch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, USA. Tel.: +1 617 855 2201.
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  • Christopher I. Wright

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Department of Neurology, Brigham and Womens Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Cary R. Savage

      Affiliations

    • Hoglund Brain Imaging Center and Department of Psychiatry University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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  • Brian Martis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • Katherine G. McMullin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Michelle M. Wedig

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Andrea L. Gold

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Nancy J. Keuthen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Received 20 July 2005 ,Revised 29 June 2006 ,Accepted 10 September 2006.

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PII: S0925-4927(06)00132-6

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.09.002

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 154, Issue 3 , Pages 233-240 , 15 April 2007

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