Functional interactions between prefrontal and visual association cortex contribute to top-down modulation of visual processing

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Gazzaley, Adam ^a,b   Rissman, Jesse ^b   Cooney, Jeffrey ^b   Rutman, Aaron ^a   Seibert, Tyler ^b   Clapp, Wesley ^a   D'Esposito, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Beta series correlation analysis; Functional connectivity; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Neural networks; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION; VISION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 38449095301     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm113     Document Type: Article

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