The role of the subthalamic nucleus in cognition

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 125-138

  Weintraub, David B ^a   Zaghloul, Kareem A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Deep brain stimulation (DBS); Subthalamic nucleus (STN)

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; IBOTENIC ACID;

ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COGNITION; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84877933811     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2012-0075     Document Type: Article

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