Neurocomputational Models of Working Memory

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 11s, 2000, Pages 1184-1191

  Durstewitz, Daniel ^a   Seamans, Jeremy K ^a   Sejnowski, Terrence J ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTANCE; EXCITATION; MODEL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WORKING MEMORY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033671343     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/81460     Document Type: Article

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