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SUBMITTER: Nee DE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5640427 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nee Derek Evan DE D'Esposito Mark M
eLife 20170913
The lateral prefrontal cortex (LPFC) is essential for higher-level cognition, but the nature of its interactions in supporting cognitive control remains elusive. Previously (Nee and D'Esposito, 2016), dynamic causal modeling (DCM) indicated that mid LPFC integrates abstract, rostral and concrete, caudal influences to inform context-appropriate action. Here, we use continuous theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation (cTBS) to test this model causally. cTBS was applied to three LPFC sites and ...[more]