Alternate task inhibits single-neuron category-selective responses in the human hippocampus while preserving selectivity in the amygdala

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 347-358

  Steinmetz, Peter N ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM; PLATINUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRODE; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPILEPSY; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GAME; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59949087043     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.21017     Document Type: Article

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