An integrated microcircuit model of attentional processing in the neocortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 32, 2007, Pages 8486-8495

  Ardid, Salva ^a,b   Wang, Xiao Jing ^c   Compte, Albert ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIAS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational model; Control; Cortical circuits; Feature based attention; Sensory systems; Top down; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL FUNCTION; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROMODULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPIKE; TUNING CURVE; WORKING MEMORY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ATTENTION; NEOCORTEX; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER);

EID: 34547907785     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1145-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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