Transcranial magnetic stimulation dissociates prefrontal and parietal contributions to task preparation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 37, 2014, Pages 12481-12489

  Muhle Karbe, Paul S ^a   Andres, Michael ^a,b   Brass, Marcel ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Parietal cortex; Prefrontal cortex; Task preparation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTOPARIETAL CONTROL NETWORK; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SPECIALIZATION; VISUAL CORTEX; ANTICIPATION; ATTENTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907011936     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4931-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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