Probing the working memory system in chronic fatigue syndrome: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study using the n-back task

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 947-955

  Caseras, Xavier ^a,b   Mataix Cols, David ^b   Giampietro, Vincent ^b   Rimes, Katharine A ^c   Brammer, Michael ^b   Zelaya, Fernando ^b   Chalder, Trudie ^b   Godfrey, Emma L ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE NEUROCIÈNCIES   (Spain)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; fMRI; n back; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 33751313801     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000242770.50979.5f     Document Type: Article

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