Cognitive control functions in unipolar major depression with and without co-morbid anxiety disorder

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 1, Issue DEC, 2010, Pages

  Lyche, Pia ^a   Jonassen, Rune ^a,b   Stiles, Tore C ^c   Ulleberg, Pål ^a   Landrø, Nils I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cantab; Co morbid anxiety disorder; Cognitive control functions; Unipolar major depression

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866748378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2010.00149     Document Type: Article

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