Psychiatry Research
Volume 136, Issue 2 , Pages 189-200 , 15 September 2005

EEG coherence measures during auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia

  • Anusha Sritharan

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Research Institute, Locked Bag 11, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
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  • Per Line

      Affiliations

    • Brain Sciences Institute, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Alex Sergejew

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Research Institute, Locked Bag 11, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
    • ,
  • Richard Silberstein

      Affiliations

    • Brain Sciences Institute, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Gary Egan

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Research Institute, Locked Bag 11, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia
    • Howard Florey Institute, Centre for Neuroscience, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Mental Health Research Institute, Locked Bag 11, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia. Tel.: +61 3 9388 1633; fax: +61 3 9387 5061.
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  • David Copolov

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Research Institute, Locked Bag 11, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia

Received 6 September 2004 ,Revised 20 April 2005 ,Accepted 5 May 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.05.010

Psychiatry Research
Volume 136, Issue 2 , Pages 189-200 , 15 September 2005

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