Motor and Cognitive Functions of the Prefrontal Cortex

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
How to Study Frontal Lobe Functions in Humans....Pages 1-16
Distinctive Chemoanatomical and Developmental Features of the Prefrontal Dopaminergic System in Primates as Compared to Rodents....Pages 17-34
Influence of Afferent Systems on the Activity of the Rat Prefrontal Cortex: Electrophysiological and Pharmacological Characterization....Pages 35-50
Anatomical Relationships Between the Prefrontal Cortex and the Basal Ganglia in the Rat....Pages 51-77
Relations Between Cortical and Basal Ganglia Compartments....Pages 78-92
Monoaminergic-Dependent Cognitive Functions of the Prefrontal Cortex in Monkey and Man....Pages 93-111
The Issue of Memory in the Study of Prefrontal Function....Pages 112-121
Caudate Nucleus and Oculomotor Sequences....Pages 122-128
Interaction of Temporal Lobe and Frontal Lobe in Memory....Pages 129-138
Activity of the Prefrontal Cortex on No-Go Decision and Motor Suppression....Pages 139-159
Attention Regulation and Human Prefrontal Cortex....Pages 160-173
Studies of the Prefrontal Cortex of Normal Human Subjects: Contributions from Modern Imaging Techniques....Pages 174-179
Back Matter....Pages 181-183