Conflict processing in the rat brain: Behavioral analysis and functional μPET imaging using [ 18F]fluorodeoxyglucose

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue FEBRUARY 2012, 2012, Pages

  Marx, Christine ^a   Lex, Björn ^b   Calaminus, Carsten ^b,c   Hauber, Wolfgang ^b   Backes, Heiko ^a   Neumaier, Bernd ^a   Mies, Günter ^a   Graf, Rudolf ^a   Endepols, Heike ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive conflict; Prefrontal cortex; Rodent model; Simon task

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; RAT; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84857938336     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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