Functional localization of the system for visuospatial attention using positron emission tomography

Brain

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 515-533

  Nobre, A C ^a,b,c   Sebestyen, G N ^a   Gitelman, D R ^c   Mesulam, M M ^c   Frackowiak, R S J ^b   Frith, C D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate; Covert visuospatial attention; Frontal eye fields; PET; Posterior parietal cortex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030904080     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/120.3.515     Document Type: Article

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