Cognitive activation by central thalamic stimulation: The yerkes-dodson law revisited

Dose-Response

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 313-331

  Mair, Robert G ^a   Onos, Kristen D ^a   Hembrook, Jacqueline R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Deep brain stimulation; Intralaminar nuclei; Inverted U; Memory

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL THALAMUS; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITION; DESENSITIZATION; DYSTONIA; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FOREBRAIN; FRONTAL CORTEX; HORMESIS; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MOOD DISORDER; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECALL; STRESS; THALAMUS; THERAPY EFFECT; WAKEFULNESS; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 80054711819     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15593258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2203/dose-response.10-017.Mair     Document Type: Article

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