Brain activation induced by the perceptual maze test: A PET study of cognitive performance

NeuroImage

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 112-124

  Ghatan, P H ^a,b   Hsieh, J C ^a,c   Wirsen Meurling A ^d   Wredling, R ^b   Eriksson, L ^a   Stone Elander, S ^a   Levander, S ^e   Ingvar, M ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAZE TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0029027519     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nimg.1995.1014     Document Type: Article

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