Dorsal and ventral attention systems: Distinct neural circuits but collaborative roles

Neuroscientist

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 150-159

  Vossel, Simone ^a,b   Geng, Joy J ^c   Fink, Gereon R ^a,d  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

attentional networks; intraparietal sulcus; spatial attention; spatial neglect; temporoparietal junction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; CONNECTOME; DORSAL ATTENTION NETWORK; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL EYE FIELD; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INTRAPARIETAL SULCUS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NERVE STIMULATION; PARIETAL CORTEX; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL COGNITION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VENTRAL ATTENTION NETWORK; VISUAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; ATTENTION; BRAIN; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRAIN; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84895774509     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858413494269     Document Type: Article

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