Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 171, Issue 3 , Pages 207-220 , 31 March 2009

Abnormal brain response to cholinergic challenge in chronic encephalopathy from the 1991 Gulf War

  • Robert W. Haley

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology Division, Departments of Internal Medicine and Clinical Science, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard., Dallas, TX 75390-8874, USA. Tel.: +1 214 648 3075; fax: +1 214 648 7558.
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  • Jeffrey S. Spence

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology Division, Departments of Internal Medicine and Clinical Science, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
    • Department of Statistical Science, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Patrick S. Carmack

      Affiliations

    • Epidemiology Division, Departments of Internal Medicine and Clinical Science, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
    • Department of Statistical Science, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA
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  • Richard F. Gunst

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistical Science, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA
    • ,
  • William R. Schucany

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistical Science, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Frederick Petty

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
    • US Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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  • Michael D. Devous Sr.

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear Medicine Center, Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical, Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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  • Frederick J. Bonte

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear Medicine Center, Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical, Center, Dallas, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Madhukar H. Trivedi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA

Received 11 May 2007 ,Revised 10 April 2008 ,Accepted 6 May 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.05.004

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 171, Issue 3 , Pages 207-220 , 31 March 2009

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