Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 162, Issue 1 , Pages 73-87 , 15 January 2008

Neural bases of dysphoria in early Huntington's disease

  • Sergio Paradiso

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
    • Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Psychiatry Research T215 GH, Iowa City, IA 52242, United States. Tel.: +1 319 384 9248; fax: +1 319 353 8656.
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  • Beth M. Turner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
    • Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
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  • Jane S. Paulsen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
    • Department of Neurology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
    • Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
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  • Ricardo Jorge

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
    • ,
  • Laura L. Boles Ponto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
    • ,
  • Robert G. Robinson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
    • Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States

Received 1 September 2006 ,Revised 12 March 2007 ,Accepted 8 April 2007.

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