Schizophrenia Research
Volume 98, Issue 1 , Pages 256-264 , January 2008

Dissecting the cellular contributions to early visual sensory processing deficits in schizophrenia using the VESPA evoked response

  • Edmund C. Lalor

      Affiliations

    • The Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory, St Vincent's Hospital Fairview, Dublin, Ireland
    • The Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia, Orangeburg, New York 10962, USA
    • School of Mechanical, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
    • ,
  • Sherlyn Yeap

      Affiliations

    • The Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory, St Vincent's Hospital Fairview, Dublin, Ireland
    • The Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia, Orangeburg, New York 10962, USA
    • ,
  • Richard B. Reilly

      Affiliations

    • The Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory, St Vincent's Hospital Fairview, Dublin, Ireland
    • School of Mechanical, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
    • ,
  • Barak A. Pearlmutter

      Affiliations

    • The Hamilton Institute, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
    • ,
  • John J. Foxe

      Affiliations

    • The Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory, St Vincent's Hospital Fairview, Dublin, Ireland
    • The Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia, Orangeburg, New York 10962, USA
    • Program in Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, City College of the City University of New York, 138th Street & Convent Avenue, New York, New York 10031, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. The Cognitive Neurophysiology Laboratory, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Program in Cognitive Neuroscience and Schizophrenia, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, New York 10962, USA. Tel.: +1 845 398 6547; fax: +1 845 398 6545.

Received 8 March 2007 ,Revised 29 August 2007 ,Accepted 6 September 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.09.037

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 98, Issue 1 , Pages 256-264 , January 2008

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