Rostral premotor cortex as a gateway between motor and cognitive networks

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 144-154

  Hanakawa, Takashi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive manipulation; Connectivity; Motor control; Neuroimaging; Prefrontal cortex; Premotor cortex; Thought

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SUBCORTEX; THINKING;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROIMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 79955671731     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2011.02.010     Document Type: Short Survey

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