Activation of the prefrontal cortex during memory learning: Near-infrared spectroscopy study

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-38

  Matsui, Mié ^a,b   Tanaka, Kuniko ^a   Yonezawa, Mineo ^a   Kurachi, Masayoshi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin; Memory organization; Memory strategy; Near infrared spectroscopy; Prefrontal lobe; Verbal learning

Indexed keywords

OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LEARNING TEST; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECALL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33846165149     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01607.x     Document Type: Article

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