Prefrontal dysfunction in depressed patients performing a complex planning task: a study using positron emission tomography.

INTRODUCTION: Patients with unipolar depression show impaired performance on the Tower of London planning task. Positron emission tomography, which has previously identified resting state blood flow abnormalities in depression, was used to investigate neural activity associated with performance of t...

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Main Authors: Elliott, R, Baker, S, Rogers, R, O'Leary, D, Paykel, E, Frith, C, Dolan, R, Sahakian, B
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1997