Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 163, Issue 1 , Pages 1-12 , 30 May 2008

Sequential neural changes during motor learning in schizophrenia

  • Laura M. Rowland

      Affiliations

    • Maryland Psychiatric Research Center and Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Reza Shadmehr

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Dwight Kravitz

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Henry H. Holcomb

      Affiliations

    • Maryland Psychiatric Research Center and Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutes, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, P.O. Box 21247, Baltimore, MD 21228, USA. Tel.: +1 410 402 6817; fax: +1 410 402 6077.

Received 16 November 2006 ,Revised 20 September 2007 ,Accepted 26 October 2007.

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Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
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