Neural mechanisms of visual working memory in prefrontal cortex of the macaque

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 5154-5167

  Miller, Earl K ^a,b   Erickson, Cynthia A ^a   Desimone, Robert ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; inferior temporal cortex; macaque; memory; neurophysiology; vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MONKEY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0029783329     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-16-05154.1996     Document Type: Article

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