Is the rostro-caudal axis of the frontal lobe hierarchical?

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 659-669

  Badre, David ^a   D'Esposito, Mark ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; COGNITION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROSTRO CAUDAL AXIS;

ANIMALS; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GOALS; HUMANS; NERVE NET; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 69249240301     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn2667     Document Type: Review

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