Delay-period activity in the prefrontal cortex: One function is sensory gating

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1679-1690

  Postle, Bradley R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FACE; FACTORIAL DESIGN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SEX ROLE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WORKING MEMORY; BLOOD; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644944874     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/089892905774589208     Document Type: Article

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