Schizophrenia Research
Volume 134, Issue 1 , Pages 1-9 , January 2012

Altered age-related trajectories of amygdala-prefrontal circuitry in adolescents at clinical high risk for psychosis: A preliminary study

  • Dylan G. Gee

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Los Angeles, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Katherine H. Karlsgodt

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Los Angeles, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Theo G.M. van Erp

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California Irvine, USA
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  • Carrie E. Bearden

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Los Angeles, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Matthew D. Lieberman

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Los Angeles, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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  • Aysenil Belger

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Department of Psychiatry, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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  • Diana O. Perkins

      Affiliations

    • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Department of Psychiatry, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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  • Doreen M. Olvet

      Affiliations

    • Zucker Hillside Hospital, Department of Psychiatry Research, Glen Oaks, NY, USA
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  • Barbara A. Cornblatt

      Affiliations

    • Zucker Hillside Hospital, Department of Psychiatry Research, Glen Oaks, NY, USA
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  • Todd Constable

      Affiliations

    • Yale University, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT, USA
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  • Scott W. Woods

      Affiliations

    • Yale University, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT, USA
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  • Jean Addington

      Affiliations

    • University of Calgary, Department of Psychiatry, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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  • Kristin S. Cadenhead

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, La Jolla, CA, USA
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  • Thomas H. McGlashan

      Affiliations

    • Yale University, Department of Psychiatry, New Haven, CT, USA
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  • Larry J. Seidman

      Affiliations

    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Ming T. Tsuang

      Affiliations

    • University of California, San Diego, Department of Psychiatry, La Jolla, CA, USA
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  • Elaine F. Walker

      Affiliations

    • Emory University, Department of Psychology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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  • Tyrone D. Cannon

      Affiliations

    • University of California, Los Angeles, Departments of Psychology and Psychiatry, Los Angeles, CA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: University of California, Los Angeles, 1285 Franz Hall, Los Angeles, CA 90095–1563. Tel.: +1 310 794 9673; fax: +1 310 794 9740.
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  • on behalf of the NAPLS Consortium

      Affiliations

    • A complete list of study personnel involved in the NAPLS Consortium appears in the Appendix.

Received 23 April 2011 ,Revised 6 October 2011 ,Accepted 13 October 2011.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2011.10.005

Schizophrenia Research
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