Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 183, Issue 2 , Pages 99-104 , 30 August 2010

Functional magnetic resonance imaging response to experimental pain in drug-free patients with schizophrenia

  • Camilo de la Fuente-Sandoval

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio de Psiquiatría Experimental, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, Mexico City, Mexico
    • Departamento de Neuropsiquiatría, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, Mexico City, Mexico
    • ,
  • Rafael Favila

      Affiliations

    • MR Advanced Applications, GE Healthcare, Mexico City, Mexico
    • ,
  • Diana Gómez-Martin

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Inmunología y Reumatología, Instituto Nacional de Nutrición, Mexico City, Mexico
    • ,
  • Francisco Pellicer

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio de Neurofisiología Integrativa, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría, Mexico City, Mexico
    • ,
  • Ariel Graff-Guerrero

      Affiliations

    • Multimodal Neuroimaging Schizophrenia Group, PET Centre, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 250 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5T 1R8
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 25 May 2009 ,Revised 6 February 2010 ,Accepted 6 May 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2010.05.003

Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Volume 183, Issue 2 , Pages 99-104 , 30 August 2010

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