Frontal cortex activation associated with speeded processing of visuospatial working memory revealed by multichannel near-infrared spectroscopy during Advanced Trail Making Test performance

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-27

  Nakahachi, Takayuki ^a,b   Ishii, Ryouhei ^a   Iwase, Masao ^a   Canuet, Leonides ^a   Takahashi, Hidetoshi ^a   Kurimoto, Ryu ^a   Ikezawa, Koji ^a   Azechi, Michiyo ^a   Kajimoto, Osami ^c,d   Takeda, Masatoshi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KONAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Soiken Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood volume; Frontal cortex; Multichannel near infrared spectroscopy; Oxygenated hemoglobin; Trail Making Test; Visuospatial working memory

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOSPATIAL WORKING MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; TRAIL MAKING TEST; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77955846728     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2010.06.016     Document Type: Article

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