Beyond bistability: Biophysics and temporal dynamics of working memory

Neuroscience

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 119-133

  Durstewitz, D ^a   Seamans, J K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

climbing activity; computational model; neural coding; persistent activity; timing; up states

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMPIRICISM; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORKING MEMORY; ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOPHYSICS; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; BIOPHYSICS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NERVE NET; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745506862     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.06.094     Document Type: Article

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