Not so «silent»:The human prefrontal cortex

Neurology India

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 578-580

  Tandon, Prakash ^a,b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL BRAIN RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Cognition; dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; medial prefrotnal cortex; orbitofrontal cortex; prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW;

HUMANS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84894154165     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: 19984022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.125242     Document Type: Review

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