Activation of somatosensory cortical areas varies with attentional state: An fMRI study

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 135, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 159-165

  Hamalainen H ^a   Hiltunen, J ^a   Titievskaja, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attention; fMRI; Man; SI; SII; Somatosensory cortices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; RECRUITMENT, NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH;

EID: 0037145082     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(02)00145-6     Document Type: Article

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