Cognitive N140 electrogenesis and concomitant 40 Hz synchronization in mid-dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (area 46) identified in non-averaged human brain potentials

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-144

  Tomberg, Claude ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brain mapping; Cognitive electrogenesis; Electroencephalogram; Gamma waves 40 Hz; Non averaged human brain potentials; Prefrontal cortex; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033532240     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00291-8     Document Type: Article

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