Phase-amplitude cross-frequency coupling in the human nucleus accumbens tracks action monitoring during cognitive control

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Zaehle, Tino ^a,b   Kopitzki, Klaus ^a,b   Voges, Jurgen ^a   Schmitt, Friedhelm C ^a   Heinze, Hans Jochen ^a,b,c   Knight, Robert T ^d   Hinrichs, Hermann ^a,b,c  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Action monitoring; Cognitive control; Learning; Nucleus accumbens; Phase amplitude coupling

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROMONITORING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHASE AMPLITUDE CROSS FREQUENCY COUPLING; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84897642875     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00635     Document Type: Article

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