Attention modulates activity in the primary and the secondary auditory cortex: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study in human subjects

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 125-128

  Jäncke, Lutz ^a,b   Mirzazade, Shahram ^b   Joni Shah, Nadim ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention; Auditory cortex; BA 22; BA 41 42; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Heschl's gyrus; Superior temporal gyrus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0344603604     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00288-8     Document Type: Article

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