Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 3 , Pages 235-241 , 30 June 2009

Functional connectivity reveals inefficient working memory systems in post-traumatic stress disorder

  • Marnie E. Shaw

      Affiliations

    • Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, School of Psychology, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. School of Psychology, Flinders University, G.P.O. Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia. Tel.: +61 8 8201 2425; fax: +61 8 8201 3877.
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  • Kathryn A. Moores

      Affiliations

    • Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, School of Psychology, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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  • Richard C. Clark

      Affiliations

    • Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, School of Psychology, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
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  • Alexander C. McFarlane

      Affiliations

    • The Centre of Military and Veterans' Health and Department of Psychiatry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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  • Stephen C. Strother

      Affiliations

    • Rotman Research Institute of Baycrest and Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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  • Richard A. Bryant

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychology, University of New South Wales and The Brain Dynamics Centre, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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  • Greg C. Brown

      Affiliations

    • MRI Suite, Department of Radiology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
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  • James D. Taylor

      Affiliations

    • MRI Suite, Department of Radiology, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia

Received 25 January 2008 ,Revised 4 June 2008 ,Accepted 4 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.07.014

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 172, Issue 3 , Pages 235-241 , 30 June 2009

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