Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 173, Issue 2 , Pages 150-154 , 30 August 2009

An MRI-based approach for the measurement of the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in humans

  • Marsal Sanches

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Federal University of São Paulo, Rua Botucatu, São Paulo, 740 CEP 04023-900, Brazil
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  • Sheila Caetano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of São Paolo, Caixa Postal 66281 São Paulo 05311-970, Brazil
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  • Mark Nicoletti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, 10612 Neurosciences Hospital CB#7160, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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  • E. Serap Monkul

      Affiliations

    • Division of Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX, USA
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  • Hua Hsuan Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX, USA
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  • John P. Hatch

      Affiliations

    • Division of Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX, USA
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  • Ping-Hong Yeh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, 10612 Neurosciences Hospital CB#7160, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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  • Rachel L. Mullis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, 10612 Neurosciences Hospital CB#7160, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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  • Matcheri S. Keshavan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA
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  • Grazyna Rajowska

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 N. State Street, Jackson, MS, USA
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  • Jair C. Soares

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, 10612 Neurosciences Hospital CB#7160, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Center of Excellence for Research and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder, 10612 Neurosciences Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, CB#7160, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7160, USA. Tel.: +1 919 966 8832; fax: +1 919 843 3950.

Received 9 May 2008 ,Revised 24 November 2008 ,Accepted 19 February 2009.

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PII: S0925-4927(09)00051-1

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.02.007

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 173, Issue 2 , Pages 150-154 , 30 August 2009

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