Effects of somatosensory stimulation and attention on human somatosensory cortex: An fMRI study

NeuroImage

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 181-188

  Chen, Tzu Ling ^a   Babiloni, Claudio ^b,c   Ferretti, Antonio ^a   Perrucci, Mauro Gianni ^a   Romani, Gian Luca ^a   Rossini, Paolo Maria ^c,d,e   Tartaro, Armando ^a   Del Gratta, Cosimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^c Hospital San Raffaele Cassino   (Italy)

^d FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attention; Electrical stimulation; FMRI; Oddball; Somatosensory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; ULNAR NERVE;

ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955307992     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.06.023     Document Type: Article

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