Psychiatry Research
Volume 125, Issue 2 , Pages 147-160 , 15 February 2004

Exploration of somatosensory P50 gating in schizophrenia spectrum patients: reduced P50 amplitude correlates to social anhedonia

  • Sidse M. Arnfred

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Hvidovre Hospital, University Hospital of Copenhagen, Brøndbyøstervej 160, DK-2605 Brøndby, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Bispebjerg Bakke 23, Copenhagen NV, Denmark. Tel.: +45-35-31-26-61/+45-24-62-75-12; fax: +45-35-31-39-53
    • ,
  • Andrew C.N. Chen

      Affiliations

    • Human Brain Mapping and Cortical Imaging Laboratory, Aalborg University, DK-9220 Aalborg, Denmark

Received 27 May 2003 ,Revised 30 September 2003 ,Accepted 16 December 2003.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2003.12.008

Psychiatry Research
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