BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 11-17 , January 2012

The involvement of posterior parietal cortex and frontal eye fields in spatially primed visual search

Received 3 September 2010 ,Accepted 9 January 2011.

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 This work was supported by the Dr. Hadwen Trust for Humane Research–the United Kingdom’s leading medical research charity funding exclusively nonanimal research techniques to replace animal experiments.

PII: S1935-861X(11)00013-1

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2011.01.005

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 11-17 , January 2012

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