Immediate effects of deep brain stimulation of anterior thalamic nuclei on executive functions and emotion-attention interaction in humans

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 540-550

  Hartikainen, Kaisa M ^a   Sun, Lihua ^a   Polvivaara, Markus ^a   Brause, Maarja ^a   Lehtimäki, Kai ^a   Haapasalo, Joonas ^a   Möttönen, Timo ^a   Väyrynen, Kirsi ^a   Ogawa, Keith H ^b   Öhman, Juha ^a   Peltola, Jukka ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior thalamic nuclei; Deep brain stimulation; Emotion; epilepsy; Executive functions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; EMOTION; EPILEPSY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTERIOR THALAMIC NUCLEI; ATTENTION; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; EMOTIONS; EPILEPSY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901847878     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2014.913554     Document Type: Article

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