Human variability of fMRI brain activation in response to oculomotor stimuli

Brain Topography

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 113-121

  Della Justina, Hellen M ^a   Pastorello, Bruno F ^a   Santos Pontelli, Taiza E G ^a   Pontes Neto, Octavio M ^a   Santos, Antonio Carlos ^a   Baffa, Oswaldo ^a   Colafemina, Jose F ^a   Leite, Joao P ^a   De Araujo, Draulio B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

fMRI; Oculomotor cortical areas; Optokinetic nystagmus; Saccades; Smooth pursuit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NYSTAGMUS, OPTOKINETIC; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SACCADES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 39149115656     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10548-007-0037-y     Document Type: Article

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