Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 164, Issue 1 , Pages 30-47 , 30 October 2008

Interregional cerebral metabolic associativity during a continuous performance task (Part II) : Differential alterations in bipolar and unipolar disorders

  • Brenda E. Benson

      Affiliations

    • Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, NIMH, NIH, Bethesda, MD, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, NIMH, NIH, DHHS, Bldg 9, Rm B1E04, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda MD 20892, United States. Tel.: +1 301 496 6825; fax: +1 301 402 4684.
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  • Mark W. Willis

      Affiliations

    • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States
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  • Terence A. Ketter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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  • Andrew Speer

      Affiliations

    • Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program, NIMH, NIH, Bethesda, MD, United States
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  • Tim A. Kimbrell

      Affiliations

    • Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Little Rock, AR, United States
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  • Mark S. George

      Affiliations

    • Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States
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  • Peter Herscovitch

      Affiliations

    • Positron Emission Tomography Department, NIH, Bethesda, MD, United States
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  • Robert M. Post

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, George Washington University, Washington, DC, and Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA; Bipolar Collaborative Network, Bethesda, MD, United States

Received 27 July 2006 ,Revised 17 October 2007 ,Accepted 22 December 2007.

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