The anatomical segregation of the frontal cortex: What does it mean for function?

Cortex

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 525-528

  Amunts, Katrin ^a,b   von Cramon, D Yves ^c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Architecture; Cerebral cortex; Frontal lobe; Human brain; Mapping

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RELIABILITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; HISTOLOGY; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 33747470286     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70392-7     Document Type: Article

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