Short-latency influence of medial frontal cortex on primary motor cortex during action selection under conflict

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 6926-6931

  Mars, Rogier B ^a,b   Klein, Miriam C ^a   Neubert, Franz Xaver ^a   Olivier, Etienne ^c   Buch, Ethan R ^a,d   Boorman, Erie D ^a,b   Rushworth, Matthew F S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONFLICT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149172050     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1396-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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