Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume 47, Issue 11 , Pages 1273-1288 , November 2008

Integrating Functional Brain Neuroimaging and Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience in Child Psychiatry Research

  • Mani N. Pavuluri, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Mani N. Pavuluri, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 912 South Wood Street (M/C 913), Chicago, IL 60612
    • ,
  • John A. Sweeney, Ph.D.

,Accepted 3 June 2008.

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 This study is supported by National Institutes of Health/National Center for Research Resources Grant K23 RR018638-01 and National Institute of Mental Health Grants MH077852 and P50 HD055751.Portions of this article were presented at the 2007 research forum The Future of Neuroimaging: Relevance for Child Psychiatry at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Boston, MA, October 2007.This article is the subject of an editorial by Dr. Ellen Leibenluft in this issue.

PII: S0890-8567(08)60119-7

doi: 10.1097/CHI.0b013e318185d2d1

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Volume 47, Issue 11 , Pages 1273-1288 , November 2008

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