Blood flow velocity changes in the middle cerebral artery induced by processing of hierarchical visual stimuli

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1181-1184

  Schnittger, Cornelia ^a   Johannes, Sönke ^a   Arnavaz, Anouscheh ^a   Münte, Thomas F ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood flow velocity; Global; Hemisphere; Local; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030814204     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(97)00038-9     Document Type: Article

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