Human Medial Frontal Cortex Mediates Unconscious Inhibition of Voluntary Action

Neuron

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 697-711

  Sumner, Petroc ^a   Nachev, Parashkev ^b   Morris, Peter ^c   Peters, Andrew M ^c   Jackson, Stephen R ^c   Kennard, Christopher ^b   Husain, Masud ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOTOR CORTEX; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

AGED; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; BRAIN MAPPING; CONSCIOUSNESS; CUES; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFLEX; SACCADES; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY); VOLITION;

EID: 34249805400     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2007.05.016     Document Type: Article

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