Rule-dependent neuronal activity in the prefrontal cortex

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 315-335

  White, Ilsun M ^a,c   Wise, Steven P ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NIH Animal Center   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arbitrary mapping; Executive functions; Frontal cortex; Rules; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; MALE; MONKEY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; FIXATION, OCULAR; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033006462     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210050740     Document Type: Article

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