Lesion evidence that two distinct regions within prefrontal cortex are critical for n-back performance in humans

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2263-2275

  Tsuchida, Ami ^a   Fellows, Lesley K ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SURGERY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCAINAMIDE;

EID: 70350450582     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.21172     Document Type: Article

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