Schizophrenia Research
Volume 122, Issue 1 , Pages 104-112 , September 2010

Attention deficits in schizophrenia — Preliminary evidence of dissociable transient and sustained deficits

  • James D. Carter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, United States
    • Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, United States
    • ,
  • Josh Bizzell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, United States
    • Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, United States
    • ,
  • Cy Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, United States
    • Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, United States
    • ,
  • Carolyn Bellion

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, United States
    • ,
  • Kimberly L.H. Carpenter

      Affiliations

    • Curriculum in Neurobiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, United States
    • ,
  • Gabriel Dichter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, United States
    • Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, United States
    • Neurodevelopmental Disorders Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, United States
    • ,
  • Aysenil Belger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, United States
    • Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center, United States
    • Neurodevelopmental Disorders Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, CB# 7160, 101 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7160, United States.

Received 5 October 2009 ,Revised 15 March 2010 ,Accepted 17 March 2010.

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PII: S0920-9964(10)01190-4

doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.03.019

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 122, Issue 1 , Pages 104-112 , September 2010

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