Functional specialization within the anterior medial prefrontal cortex: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study with human subjects

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 335, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 183-186

  Zysset, Stefan ^a   Huber, Oswald ^b   Samson, Andrea ^b   Ferstl, Evelyn C ^a   Von Cramon, D Yves ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Attention demanding processes; Evaluative judgment; Fronto median cortex; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Self referential processes; Spin echo echo planar imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENUATION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 0037413665     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)01196-5     Document Type: Article

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