The classical stroop interference task as a prefrontal activation probe: A validation study using 99tcm-ecd brain spect

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-143

  Audenaert, K ^a   Lahorte, P ^a   Brans, B ^a   Van Laere, K ^a   Goethals, I ^a   Van Heeringen, K ^b   Dierckx, R A ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Brain activation; ECD; Neuropsychological test; SPECT; Split dose; SPM; Stroop

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CYSTEINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0035100165     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200102000-00004     Document Type: Review

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