Thalamic control of human attention driven by memory and learning

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 993-999

  De Bourbon Teles, José ^a   Bentley, Paul ^a   Koshino, Saori ^a   Shah, Kushal ^a   Dutta, Agneish ^a   Malhotra, Paresh ^a   Egner, Tobias ^b   Husain, Masud ^c   Soto, David ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INJURIES; LEARNING; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STROKE; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 84899958688     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.024     Document Type: Article

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