Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 182, Issue 3 , Pages 207-210 , 30 June 2010

Functional connectivity between ventral prefrontal cortex and amygdala at low frequency in the resting state in bipolar disorder

  • Lara G. Chepenik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    • REAP Depression Center, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence. Department of Psychiatry, 300 George St., Suite 901, New Haven, CT 06511, USA. Tel.: +1 203 785 6180; fax: +1 203 785 6394.
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  • Mariella Raffo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    • ,
  • Michelle Hampson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    • ,
  • Cheryl Lacadie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    • ,
  • Fei Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    • REAP Depression Center, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA
    • ,
  • Monique M. Jones

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    • ,
  • Brian Pittman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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  • Pawel Skudlarski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    • Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, The Institute of Living, Hartford, CT, USA
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  • Hilary P. Blumberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    • Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
    • REAP Depression Center, Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, CT, USA

Received 4 March 2009 ,Revised 6 April 2010 ,Accepted 7 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.04.002

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 182, Issue 3 , Pages 207-210 , 30 June 2010

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