Isodirectional tuning of adjacent interneurons and pyramidal cells during working memory: Evidence for microcolumnar organization in PFC

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1903-1916

  Rao, Srinivas G ^a   Williams, Graham V ^a   Goldman Rakic, Patricia S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; INTERNEURON; MACACA; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPATIAL MEMORY; SPIKE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0032982350     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.4.1903     Document Type: Article

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