Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 174, Issue 3 , Pages 202-209 , 30 December 2009

A functional magnetic resonance imaging study of inhibitory control in obsessive-compulsive disorder

  • Lisa A. Page

      Affiliations

    • King's College London, Division of Psychological Medicine and Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Room 3.14, Weston Education Centre, 10 Cutcombe Road, London, SE5 9RJ, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 207848 5289; fax: +44 207848 5408.
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  • Katya Rubia

      Affiliations

    • King's College London, Department of Child Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
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  • Quinton Deeley

      Affiliations

    • King's College London, Section of Brain Maturation, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
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  • Eileen Daly

      Affiliations

    • King's College London, Section of Brain Maturation, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
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  • Fiona Toal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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  • David Mataix-Cols

      Affiliations

    • King's College London, Division of Psychological Medicine and Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Room 3.14, Weston Education Centre, 10 Cutcombe Road, London, SE5 9RJ, UK
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  • Vincent Giampietro

      Affiliations

    • King's College London, Biostatistics and Computing, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK
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  • Nicole Schmitz

      Affiliations

    • Amsterdam Medical Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Declan G.M. Murphy

      Affiliations

    • King's College London, Section of Brain Maturation, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK

Received 11 February 2008 ,Revised 1 April 2009 ,Accepted 4 May 2009.

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PII: S0925-4927(09)00121-8

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.05.002

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 174, Issue 3 , Pages 202-209 , 30 December 2009

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