A functional MRI study of working memory in adolescents and young adults at genetic risk for bipolar disorder: Preliminary findings

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 272-286

  Thermenos, Heidi W ^a,b   Makris, Nikos ^b   Whitfield Gabrieli, Susan ^c   Brown, Ariel B ^b,c   Giuliano, Anthony J ^a   Lee, Erica H ^a   Faraone, Stephen V ^d   Tsuang, Ming T ^e   Seidman, Larry J ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Bipolar disorder; Functional MRI; Genetics; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959225681     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5618.2011.00920.x     Document Type: Article

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