Increase in prefrontal cortex blood flow during the computer version trail making test

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 200-210

  Kubo, Masako ^a   Shoshi, Chikahumi ^a   Kitawaki, Tomoki ^a   Takemoto, Rika ^a   Kinugasa, Kazushi ^b   Yoshida, Hidenori ^b   Honda, Chiho ^b   Okamoto, Motoi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Okayama Ryogo Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Near infrared spectroscopy; Prefrontal cortex; Trail Making Test, computer version

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COGNITION; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; TRAIL MAKING TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59749105440     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000201717     Document Type: Article

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