Representation of action sequence boundaries by macaque prefrontal cortical neurons

Science

Volumn 301, Issue 5637, 2003, Pages 1246-1249

  Fujii, Naotaka ^a   Graybiel, Ann M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; LINGUISTICS; SPEECH CODING;

NEURONS;

NEUROLOGY;

BIOLOGY; NEUROLOGY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MACACA; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; FRONTAL LOBE; LEARNING; MACACA; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REWARD; SACCADES;

ANIMALIA; MACACA;

EID: 0042322608     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1086872     Document Type: Article

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