Central executive dysfunction and deferred prefrontal processing in veterans with Gulf war illness

Clinical Psychological Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 319-327

  Hubbard, Nicholas A ^a   Hutchison, Joanna L ^a,b   Motes, Michael A ^a,b   Shokri Kojori, Ehsan ^a   Bennett, Ilana J ^a   Brigante, Ryan M ^a   Haley, Robert W ^c   Rypma, Bart ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Memory; Nervous system disorders; Neuroimaging; Neuropsychology; War

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901289912     PISSN: 21677026     EISSN: 21677034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2167702613506580     Document Type: Article

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