Nucleus accumbens is involved in human action monitoring: Evidence from invasive electrophysiological recordings

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue MAR, 2008, Pages

  Münte, Thomas F ^a   Heldmann, Marcus ^a   Hinrichs, Hermann ^a   Marco Pallares, Josep ^a   Krämer, Ulrike M ^a   Sturm, Volker ^b   Heinze, Hans Jochen ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Action monitoring; Event related brain potentials; Intracranial recordings; Neurosurgery; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249094664     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.09.011.2007     Document Type: Article

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