The role of the human posterior parietal cortex in memory-guided saccade execution: A double-pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation study

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 535-538

  Nyffeler, Thomas ^a   Egli, Andreas ^a   Pflugshaupt, Tobias ^a   Von Wartburg, Roman ^a   Wurtz, Pascal ^a   Mosimann, Urs ^a   Hess, Christian W ^a   Müri, René M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Humans; Posterior parietal cortex; Saccades; Transcranial magentic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERMETRIA; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PARIETAL LOBE; REACTION TIME; SACCADES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 23244451790     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04248.x     Document Type: Article

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