Correlation between the amplitude of cortical activation and reaction time: A functional MRI study

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 759-765

  Mohamed, Mona A ^a   Yousem, David M ^a   Tekes, Aylin ^a   Browner, Nina ^a   Calhoun, Vince D ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BLOOD OXYGENATION LEVEL DEPENDENT AMPLITUDE; BRAIN CORTEX ACTIVATION AMPLITUDE; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPOSITE AMPLITUDE OF ACTIVATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; REGION OF INTEREST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SIGNAL DETECTION; STATISTICAL PARAMETRIC MAPPING; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR CORTEX; TECHNIQUE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

EID: 4344563044     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.183.3.1830759     Document Type: Article

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