Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 2 , Pages 141-144 , 28 February 2010

The functional neuroanatomy of mental pain in depression

Received 12 June 2007 ,Revised 12 June 2009 ,Accepted 28 July 2009.

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PII: S0925-4927(09)00176-0

doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.07.011

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 2 , Pages 141-144 , 28 February 2010

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