Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 174, Issue 3 , Pages 195-201 , 30 December 2009

Abnormally increased effective connectivity between parahippocampal gyrus and ventromedial prefrontal regions during emotion labeling in bipolar disorder

  • Jorge R.C. Almeida

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Andrea Mechelli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Stefanie Hassel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Amelia Versace

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • ,
  • David J. Kupfer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Mary L. Phillips

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Department of Psychological Medicine, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, 3811 O'Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2593, United States. Tel.: +1 412 383 8206; fax: +1 412 383 8336.

Received 26 November 2008 ,Revised 24 April 2009 ,Accepted 24 April 2009.

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PII: S0925-4927(09)00117-6

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.04.015

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 174, Issue 3 , Pages 195-201 , 30 December 2009

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