Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 182, Issue 1 , Pages 77-80 , 30 April 2010

Cortico-subcortical underpinnings of narrative processing impairment in schizophrenia

  • Gianfranco Spalletta

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
    • Department of Neuroscience, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Ilaria Spoletini

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Andrea Cherubini

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Ivo Alex Rubino

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Alberto Siracusano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Fabrizio Piras

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Carlo Caltagirone

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
    • Department of Neuroscience, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Andrea Marini

      Affiliations

    • IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
    • University of Udine, Udine, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Cattedra di Psicologia del Linguaggio, Università di Udine, Via Margreth, 3 - 33100 Udine (Italy). Tel.: +39 335 5393224.

Received 12 June 2009 ,Revised 30 October 2009 ,Accepted 2 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.11.001

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 182, Issue 1 , Pages 77-80 , 30 April 2010

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