An fMRI study of working memory in persons with bipolar disorder or at genetic risk for bipolar disorder

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 120-131

  Thermenos, Heidi W ^a,b   Goldstein, Jill M ^b,c   Milanovic, Snezana M ^a,b   Whitfield Gabrieli, Susan ^d   Makris, Nikos ^b,e   LaViolette, Peter ^b   Koch, Jennifer K ^a   Faraone, Stephen V ^f   Tsuang, Ming T ^a,b,g   Buka, Stephen L ^h   Seidman, Larry J ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Frontopolar cortex; Functional MRI; Genetics; Insula; Working memory

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MOOD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 73949087238     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30964     Document Type: Article

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