Specific relationship between prefrontal neuronal N-acetylaspartate and activation of the working memory cortical network in schizophrenia

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-33

  Bertolino, Alessandro ^b   Esposito, Giuseppe ^b   Callicott, Joseph H ^b   Mattay, Venkata S ^b   Van Horn, John D ^b   Frank, Joseph A ^b   Berman, Karen Faith ^b   Weinberger, Daniel R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0033961240     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.157.1.26     Document Type: Article

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