Striatal contributions to working memory: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study in humans

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 755-760

  Lewis, Simon J G ^a,b   Dove, Anja ^c   Bobbins, Trevor W ^b   Barker, Roger A ^a,b   Owen, Adrian M ^c  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Caudate nuclei; Cognition; Frontal lobes; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME;

EID: 1242317825     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03108.x     Document Type: Article

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