Functional contribution of medial premotor cortex to visuo-spatial transformation in humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 355, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-212

  Johnston, Stephen ^a   Leek, E Charles ^a   Atherton, Christine ^b   Thacker, Neil ^c   Jackson, Alan ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Medial premotor cortex; Mental rotation; Pre supplementary motor area; Spatial normalization; Visuo spatial transformation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR CORTEX; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 1542287188     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.11.011     Document Type: Article

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