Systematic review of neuroimaging correlates of executive functioning: Converging evidence from different clinical populations

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 114-125

  Nowrangi, Milap A ^a   Lyketsos, Constantine ^a   Rao, Vani ^a   Munro, Cynthia A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MEMORY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SKILL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; FACTUAL DATABASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84901475472     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: 15457222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.12070176     Document Type: Article

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