Asymmetrical neural substrates of tactile discrimination humans: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 34, 2004, Pages 7524-7530

  Harada, Tokiko ^a,b   Saito, Daisuke N ^b   Kashikura, Ken Ichi ^c   Sato, Tetsuhiro ^c   Yonekura, Yoshiharu ^c   Honda, Manabu ^a   Sadato, Norihiro ^a,b,d  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Blood flow; Dorsal premotor cortex (PMd); FMRI; Interhemispheric transfer; Spatial attention network; Tactile shape discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOUCH;

EID: 4444255084     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1395-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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