Functional anatomy of arousal and attention systems in the human brain

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 126, Issue , 2000, Pages 65-77

  Paus, Tomáš ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONFERENCE PAPER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; PARIETAL LOBE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0034589352     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(00)26007-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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