Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 173, Issue 1 , Pages 45-51 , 15 July 2009

Reduced brain activation in euthymic bipolar patients during response inhibition: An event-related fMRI study

  • Arthur Kaladjian

      Affiliations

    • CNRS, IFR 131, Equipe Imagerie Cérébrale en Psychiatrie, Marseille, France
    • APHM, CHU Sainte Marguerite, Service de Psychiatrie Adulte, Marseille, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. INCM CNRS, 31 chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille cedex 20, France. Tel.: +33 4 9116 4583; fax: +33 4 9116 4498.
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  • Régine Jeanningros

      Affiliations

    • CNRS, IFR 131, Equipe Imagerie Cérébrale en Psychiatrie, Marseille, France
    • ,
  • Jean-Michel Azorin

      Affiliations

    • CNRS, IFR 131, Equipe Imagerie Cérébrale en Psychiatrie, Marseille, France
    • APHM, CHU Sainte Marguerite, Service de Psychiatrie Adulte, Marseille, France
    • ,
  • Bruno Nazarian

      Affiliations

    • IFR 131, Centre IRMf, Marseille, France
    • ,
  • Muriel Roth

      Affiliations

    • IFR 131, Centre IRMf, Marseille, France
    • ,
  • Pascale Mazzola-Pomietto

      Affiliations

    • CNRS, IFR 131, Equipe Imagerie Cérébrale en Psychiatrie, Marseille, France

Received 20 August 2007 ,Revised 5 July 2008 ,Accepted 12 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2008.08.003

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 173, Issue 1 , Pages 45-51 , 15 July 2009

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