Schizophrenia Research
Volume 96, Issue 1 , Pages 14-24 , November 2007

fMRI study of language activation in schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and in individuals genetically at high risk

  • Xiaobo Li

      Affiliations

    • Center for Advanced Brain Imaging, The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, USA
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  • Craig A. Branch

      Affiliations

    • Center for Advanced Brain Imaging, The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, USA
    • Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Babak A. Ardekani

      Affiliations

    • Center for Advanced Brain Imaging, The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Hilary Bertisch

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • ,
  • Chindo Hicks

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA
    • ,
  • Lynn E. DeLisi

      Affiliations

    • Center for Advanced Brain Imaging, The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. New York University, Center for Advance Brain Imaging, The Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, New York 10962, USA. Tel.: +1 845 398 5471; fax: 845 398 5472.

Received 9 March 2007 ,Revised 10 July 2007 ,Accepted 11 July 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.07.013

Schizophrenia Research
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