The role of prefrontal cortex in sensory memory and motor preparation: An event-related fMRI study

NeuroImage

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 400-408

  D'esposito M ^a   Ballard, D ^a   Zarahn, E ^a   Aguirre, G K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional MRI; Motor set; Prefrontal cortex; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0034076505     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2000.0571     Document Type: Article

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