Preparatory attention relies on dynamic interactions between prelimbic cortex and anterior cingulate cortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 729-738

  Totah, Nelson K B ^a,b   Jackson, Mark E ^b,c   Moghaddam, Bita ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ADHD; functional connectivity; phase synchrony; preparatory attention; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRELIMBIC CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84872283034     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs057     Document Type: Article

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