Neural activity in the middle temporal area and lateral intraparietal area during endogenously cued shifts of attention

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 45, 2009, Pages 14160-14176

  Herrington, Todd M ^a   Assad, John A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPIKE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CUES; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MACACA; MICROELECTRODES; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70449641169     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1916-09.2009     Document Type: Article

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