Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 3 , Pages 174-182 , 30 March 2010

Working memory fMRI activation in cocaine-dependent subjects: Association with treatment response

  • F. Gerard Moeller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1300 Moursund, Houston, TX 77030, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 713 500 2858; fax: +1 713 500 2618.
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  • Joel L. Steinberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1300 Moursund, Houston, TX 77030, United States
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  • Joy M. Schmitz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1300 Moursund, Houston, TX 77030, United States
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  • Liangsuo Ma

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1300 Moursund, Houston, TX 77030, United States
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  • Shijing Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1300 Moursund, Houston, TX 77030, United States
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  • Kimberly L. Kjome

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1300 Moursund, Houston, TX 77030, United States
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  • Nuvan Rathnayaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1300 Moursund, Houston, TX 77030, United States
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  • Larry A. Kramer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 2.130B, Houston, TX 77030, United States
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  • Ponnada A. Narayana

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 2.130B, Houston, TX 77030, United States

Received 23 June 2009 ,Revised 8 October 2009 ,Accepted 3 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.11.003

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 181, Issue 3 , Pages 174-182 , 30 March 2010

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