An electrophysiological link between the cerebellum, cognition and emotion: Frontal theta EEG activity to single-pulse cerebellar TMS

NeuroImage

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1227-1231

  Schutter, Dennis J L G ^a   van Honk, Jack ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Electroencephalogram; Emotion; Memory; Theta activity; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33750704990     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.06.055     Document Type: Article

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