The left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex and random generation of responses: Studies with transcranial magnetic stimulation

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-190

  Jahanshahi, Marjan ^a   Dirnberger, Georg ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Executive function; Network modulation; Response suppression; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STEREOTYPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0032215529     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(98)00092-X     Document Type: Article

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