Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 182, Issue 1 , Pages 58-66 , 30 April 2010

Event-related potential based evidence of cognitive dysfunction in patients during the first episode of depression using a novelty oddball task

  • Jing lv

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, General Hospital of People's Liberation Army, Beijing, China
    • Department of Psychology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shanxi, China
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  • Lun Zhao

      Affiliations

    • Visual Art and Brain Cognition Lab., Beijing Shengkun Yanlun Ltd., Bejing, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Miao is to be contacted at Department of Psychology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, 710032, China. Tel./fax: +86 29 8477 4814. Zhao, Suite 12A, Bldg A, Zhi Ye Yuan, Shuguang Garden, Haidian District, Beijing 100089, China. Tel.: +86 10 88464497; fax: +86 10 88464496.
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  • Jingjing Gong

      Affiliations

    • Department of neurology, Beijing District Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China
    • ,
  • Changsheng Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Statistics, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, China
    • ,
  • Danmin Miao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shanxi, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Miao is to be contacted at Department of Psychology, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, 710032, China. Tel./fax: +86 29 8477 4814. Zhao, Suite 12A, Bldg A, Zhi Ye Yuan, Shuguang Garden, Haidian District, Beijing 100089, China. Tel.: +86 10 88464497; fax: +86 10 88464496.

Received 18 August 2008 ,Revised 25 August 2009 ,Accepted 26 August 2009.

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Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 182, Issue 1 , Pages 58-66 , 30 April 2010

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