Prefrontal cortex regulates inhibition and excitation in distributed neural networks

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 101, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 159-178

  Knight, Robert T ^a,b,c   Staines, W Richard ^a,b,c   Swick, Diane ^b,c   Chao, Linda L ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Excitation; Inhibition; Prefrontal; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); NERVE NET; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 0033111192     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-6918(99)00004-9     Document Type: Article

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