Ventrolateral prefrontal cortex plays an executive regulation role in comprehension of abstract words: Convergent neuropsychological and repetitive TMS evidence

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 46, 2010, Pages 15450-15456

  Hoffman, Paul ^a   Jefferies, Elizabeth ^b   Lambon Ralph, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AGED; COMPREHENSION; CUES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOCABULARY; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78449233614     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3783-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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