Differential effects of cognitive demand on human cortical activation associated with vibrotactile stimulation

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1623-1631

  Albanese, M C ^a   Duerden, E G ^b   Bohotin, V ^b   Rainville, P ^b   Duncan, G H ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE MEMORY; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIBRATION SENSE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

EID: 70349295232     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.91295.2008     Document Type: Article

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