Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 173, Issue 3 , Pages 177-182 , 30 September 2009

Symptomatic and functional correlates of regional brain physiology during working memory processing in patients with recent onset schizophrenia

  • Jacqueline H. Sanz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
    • Department of Neuropsychology, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, 1285 Franz Hall, Box 951563, Los Angeles, CA 90095, United States. Tel.: +1 443 923 4478; fax: +1 443 923 4470.
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  • Katherine H. Karlsgodt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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  • Carrie E. Bearden

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
    • Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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  • Theo G.M. van Erp

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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  • Rajesh R. Nandy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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  • Joseph Ventura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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  • Keith Nuechterlein

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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  • Tyrone D. Cannon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
    • Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Received 3 July 2008 ,Revised 9 January 2009 ,Accepted 21 February 2009.

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PII: S0925-4927(09)00058-4

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.02.008

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 173, Issue 3 , Pages 177-182 , 30 September 2009

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