Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 182, Issue 1 , Pages 22-29 , 30 April 2010

fMRI abnormalities in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex during a working memory task in manic, euthymic and depressed bipolar subjects

  • Jennifer Townsend

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, United States
    • ,
  • Susan Y. Bookheimer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, United States
    • ,
  • Lara C. Foland–Ross

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of NeuroImaging, Department of Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, United States
    • ,
  • Catherine A. Sugar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States
    • Jane and Terry Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, United States
    • ,
  • Lori L. Altshuler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, West Los Angeles Healthcare Center, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 300 UCLA Medical Plaza, Suite 1544, Box 957057, Los Angeles, CA 90095-7057, United States. Tel.: +1 310 794 9911; fax: +1 310 794 9915.

Received 29 October 2008 ,Revised 5 October 2009 ,Accepted 22 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2009.11.010

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 182, Issue 1 , Pages 22-29 , 30 April 2010

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