Prefrontal cortex is involved in internal decision of forthcoming saccades

NeuroReport

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1221-1224

  Milea, Dan ^a,b,c   Lobel, Elie ^a   Lehéricy, Stéphane ^a   Leboucher, Pierre ^a   Pochon, Jean Baptiste ^a   Pierrot Deseilligny, Charles ^a   Berthoz, Alain ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^c l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Decision; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Frontal eye field; Functional MRI; Human; Preparation; Saccades; Supplementary eye field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SACCADES; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOLITION;

EID: 34447521645     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3281e72ce7     Document Type: Article

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