Correlated discharges among putative pyramidal neurons and interneurons in the primate prefrontal cortex

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 3487-3497

  Constantinidis, Christos ^a   Goldman Rakic, Patricia S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; INTERNEURON; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; MONKEY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RECEPTIVE FIELD;

EID: 0036898540     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00188.2002     Document Type: Article

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