Converging prefrontal pathways support associative and perceptual features of conditioned stimuli

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Howard, James D ^a   Kahnt, Thorsten ^a   Gottfried, Jay A ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CONNECTIVITY; CORRELATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEUROLOGY; ODOR; PREDICTION; SENSORY SYSTEM;

BRAIN CORTEX; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DISSOCIATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IDENTITY; LEARNING; NERVE TRACT; ODOR; STIMULUS; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

FRAGRANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ODORANTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84965138812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11546     Document Type: Article

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