Cognition and medial frontal cortex in health and disease

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 586-592

  Nachev, Parashkev ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cingulate cortex; Medial frontal cortex; Orbitofrontal cortex; Presupplementary motor area; Supplementary eye field; Ventromedial cortex

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BRAIN DEPTH RECORDING; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONFLICT; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MEDIAL FRONTAL CORTEX; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL TASK; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROANATOMY; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EMOTIONS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REWARD; VOLITION;

EID: 33751048621     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wco.0000247609.36482.ae     Document Type: Review

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