The What and how of prefrontal cortical organization

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 355-361

  O'Reilly, Randall C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL COMMUNICATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; NEUROANATOMY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; NERVE NET; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 77955280827     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

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