Relation between the prefrontal cortex and cerebro-cerebellar functions: Evidence from the results of stabilometrical indexes

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 153-160

  Hatta, Takeshi ^a   Masui, Tetsuo ^b   Ito, Yasuhiro ^a   Ito, Emi ^a   Hasegawa, Yukiharu ^b   Matsuyama, Yukihiro ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attention; Cerebello thalamo cortical circuit; Elderly people; Prefrontal cortex; Stabilometer; Word fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NEOCORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; STABILOGRAPHY; THALAMUS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 10644285655     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324826an1103_3     Document Type: Article

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