Activation of the prefrontal cortex during the Trail-Making Test detected with multichannel near-infrared spectroscopy

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 616-621

  Shibuya Tayoshi, Sumiko ^a   Sumitani, Satsuki ^a   Kikuchi, Kumiko ^a   Tanaka, Tsunehiko ^a   Tayoshi, Shin'ya ^a   Ueno, Shu Ichi ^a   Ohmori, Tetsuro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Executive function; Near infrared spectroscopy; Prefrontal cortex; Set shifting; Trail Making Test

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RIGHT HANDEDNESS;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 36849067505     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01727.x     Document Type: Article

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