Neuroimaging studies of attention: From modulation of sensory processing to top-down control

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 3990-3998

  Pessoa, Luiz ^a   Kastner, Sabine ^b   Ungerleider, Leslie G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; IMAGING; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; SENSORY NERVE CELL; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0038381394     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-10-03990.2003     Document Type: Short Survey

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