Neuronal activity in posterior parietal area 7a during the delay periods of a spatial memory task

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 1352-1355

  Constantinidis, Christos ^a   Steinmetz, Michael A ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACILITATION; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0029813763     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1996.76.2.1352     Document Type: Article

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