Role of the prefrontal cortex in the control of express saccades. A transcranial magnetic stimulation study

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-206

  Muri R M ^b   Rivaud, S ^a   Gaymard, B ^a   Ploner, C J ^a   Vermersch, A I ^a   Hess, C W ^b   Pierrot Deseilligny, C ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Human; Inhibition; Prefrontal cortex; Saccades; TMS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0000270875     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(98)00094-3     Document Type: Article

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