Human theta oscillations exhibit task dependence during virtual maze navigation

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6738, 1999, Pages 781-784

  Kahana, Michael J ^a,b   Sekuler, Robert ^a,b   Caplan, Jeremy B ^a   Kirschen, Matthew ^a   Madsen, Joseph R ^a,b,c  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MAZE TEST; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; THETA RHYTHM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; OSCILLOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM;

RODENTIA;

EID: 0033600286     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/21645     Document Type: Article

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