Working memory and prefrontal cortex dysfunction: Specificity to schizophrenia compared with major depression

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 376-384

  Barch, Deanna M ^a,b   Sheline, Yvette I ^a   Csernansky, John G ^a   Snyder, Abraham Z ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Box 1125 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Major depression; Schizophrenia; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0037374038     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(02)01674-8     Document Type: Article

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