Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 162, Issue 1 , Pages 59-72 , 15 January 2008

Neural systems for executive and emotional processing are modulated by symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in Iraq War veterans

  • Rajendra A. Morey

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
    • Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
    • Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center for Post Deployment Mental Health, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Duke University Medical Center, DUMC Box 3918, Durham, NC 27710, USA. Tel.: +1 919 286 0411x6425; fax: +1 919 416 5912.
    • ,
  • Christopher M. Petty

      Affiliations

    • Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
    • Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center for Post Deployment Mental Health, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
    • ,
  • Debra A. Cooper

      Affiliations

    • Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
    • Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center for Post Deployment Mental Health, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
    • ,
  • Kevin S. LaBar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
    • Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
    • ,
  • Gregory McCarthy

      Affiliations

    • Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
    • Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
    • Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center for Post Deployment Mental Health, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

Received 14 March 2007 ,Revised 4 June 2007 ,Accepted 18 July 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.07.007

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Volume 162, Issue 1 , Pages 59-72 , 15 January 2008

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