Timecourse of object-related neural activity in the primate prefrontal cortex during a short-term memory task

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1244-1254

  Rainer, Gregor ^a,b   Miller, Earl K ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Delay activity; Electrophysiology; Macacca mulatta; Monkey; Natural images

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036457216     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.01958.x     Document Type: Article

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