Schizophrenia Research
Volume 76, Issue 2 , Pages 199-206 , 15 July 2005

Prefrontal functioning during context processing in schizophrenia and major depression: An event-related fMRI study

  • Avram J. Holmes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    • ,
  • Angus MacDonald III

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. N218 Elliot Hall, 75 E. River Rd., Minneapolis, MN 55455, United States.
    • ,
  • Cameron S. Carter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    • Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    • ,
  • Deanna M. Barch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, United States
    • ,
  • V. Andrew Stenger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    • ,
  • Jonathan D. Cohen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
    • Center for the Study of Brain, Mind, and Behavior and Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States

Received 9 April 2004 ,Revised 24 January 2005 ,Accepted 26 January 2005.

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☆ Data for this study was collected at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. Data collection was conducted at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.

PII: S0920-9964(05)00056-3

doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2005.01.021

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 76, Issue 2 , Pages 199-206 , 15 July 2005

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