Encoding of rules by neurons in the human dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 807-816

  Mian, Matthew K ^a   Sheth, Sameer A ^a   Patel, Shaun R ^a,b   Spiliopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Eskandar, Emad N ^a   Williams, Ziv M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

abstract rules; deep brain stimulation; human neurophysiology; prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT RULES; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HUMAN NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRODES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84894261411     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs361     Document Type: Article

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