Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 163, Issue 2 , Pages 143-155 , 15 July 2008

Prefrontal mechanisms for executive control over emotional distraction are altered in major depression

  • Lihong Wang

      Affiliations

    • Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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  • Kevin S. LaBar

      Affiliations

    • Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
    • ,
  • Moria Smoski

      Affiliations

    • Cognitive Behavioral Research and Treatment Program, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
    • ,
  • M. Zachary Rosenthal

      Affiliations

    • Cognitive Behavioral Research and Treatment Program, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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  • Florin Dolcos

      Affiliations

    • Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
    • ,
  • Thomas R. Lynch

      Affiliations

    • Cognitive Behavioral Research and Treatment Program, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
    • ,
  • Ranga R. Krishnan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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  • Gregory McCarthy

      Affiliations

    • Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
    • Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
    • Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychology, Yale University, 2 Hillhouse Ave., New Haven, CT 06511, USA. Tel.: +1 203 432 7435; fax: +1 203 432 7172.

Received 4 June 2007 ,Revised 22 September 2007 ,Accepted 25 October 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.10.004

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 163, Issue 2 , Pages 143-155 , 15 July 2008

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