Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 155, Issue 3 , Pages 221-230 , 15 August 2007

A functional MRI study of a paced motor activation task to evaluate frontal-subcortical circuit function in bipolar depression

  • William R. Marchand

      Affiliations

    • VISN 19 MIRECC, George E. Wahlen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. VASLCHCS 116, 500 Foothill Boulevard, Salt Lake City, Utah 84148, USA. Tel.: +1 801 584 1217; fax: +1 801 584 2507.
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  • James N. Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
    • ,
  • Grant William Thatcher

      Affiliations

    • VISN 19 MIRECC, George E. Wahlen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
    • ,
  • Cody Jensen

      Affiliations

    • VISN 19 MIRECC, George E. Wahlen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
    • ,
  • Dawn Stewart

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
    • ,
  • Valentina Dilda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
    • ,
  • John Thatcher

      Affiliations

    • VISN 19 MIRECC, George E. Wahlen Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
    • ,
  • Sarah H. Creem-Regehr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Received 1 April 2006 ,Revised 5 March 2007 ,Accepted 11 March 2007.

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PII: S0925-4927(07)00060-1

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.03.003

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 155, Issue 3 , Pages 221-230 , 15 August 2007

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