Schizophrenia Research
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 71-75 , July 2010

Subjective rating of working memory is associated with frontal lobe volume in schizophrenia

  • Matthew A. Garlinghouse

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychology Service & Brain Imaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School/DHMC, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756-0001, USA
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  • Robert M. Roth

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychology Service & Brain Imaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School/DHMC, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756-0001, USA
    • New Hampshire Hospital, 36 Clinton Street, Concord, NH 03301, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Neuropsychology Service & Brain Imaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH, 03756-0001, USA. Tel.: +1 603 650 5824; fax: +1 603 650 5842.
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  • Peter K. Isquith

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychology Service & Brain Imaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School/DHMC, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756-0001, USA
    • ,
  • Laura A. Flashman

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychology Service & Brain Imaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School/DHMC, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756-0001, USA
    • New Hampshire Hospital, 36 Clinton Street, Concord, NH 03301, USA
    • ,
  • Andrew J. Saykin

      Affiliations

    • Neuropsychology Service & Brain Imaging Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical School/DHMC, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH 03756-0001, USA
    • Department of Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 950 W Walnut Street R2, E124, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA

Received 5 October 2009 ,Accepted 24 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.02.1067

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 120, Issue 1 , Pages 71-75 , July 2010

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