A common network of functional areas for attention and eye movements

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Published on: March 25, 2011

M Corbetta1, E Akbudak, T E Conturo

  • 1Department of Neurology, McDonnell Center for Higher Brain Functions, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. mau@npg.wustl.edu

Neuron
|November 10, 1998
PubMed

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NASA Discipline NeuroscienceNon-NASA Center

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