Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 154, Issue 3 , Pages 221-232 , 15 April 2007

Alterations of fronto-temporal connectivity during word encoding in schizophrenia

  • Daniel H. Wolf

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, 10th Floor Gates Building/HUP, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 USA. Tel.: +1 215 662 7389; fax: +1 215 662 7903.
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  • Ruben C. Gur

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
    • ,
  • Jeffrey N. Valdez

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
    • ,
  • James Loughead

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
    • ,
  • Mark A. Elliott

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania, Department of Radiology, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
    • ,
  • Raquel E. Gur

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
    • ,
  • J. Daniel Ragland

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
    • Current address: University of California at Davis, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.

Received 2 June 2006 ,Revised 25 September 2006 ,Accepted 26 November 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2006.11.008

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