The role of prefrontal cortex in verbal episodic memory: rTMS evidence

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 855-861

  Sandrini, Marco ^a   Cappa, Stefano F ^b   Rossi, Simone ^c   Rossini, Paolo M ^a,d   Miniussi, Carlo ^a  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0042825291     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892903322370771     Document Type: Article

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