Navigation ability dependent neural activation in the human brain: An fMRI study

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 361-369

  Ohnishi, Takashi ^a   Matsuda, Hiroshi ^a   Hirakata, Makiko ^a   Ugawa, Yoshikazu ^b  

^a Natl Ctr Hosp Muscular Disorders   (Japan)

^b University of Tokyo   (Japan)

Author keywords

Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Gender difference; Hippocampus; Parietal cortex; Visual spatial navigation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL BONE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 33744994531     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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