Prefrontal cortical contributions to working memory: Evidence from event-related fMRI studies

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-11

  D'Esposito, Mark ^a   Postle, Bradley R ^b   Rypma, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional MRI; Prefrontal cortex; Working memory

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0034046481     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210000395     Document Type: Review

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