Persistent discharges in the prefrontal cortex of monkeys naïve to working memory tasks

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Meyer, Travis ^a   Qi, Xue Lian ^a   Constantinidis, Christos ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Neurophysiology; Principal sulcus; Training

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COGNITION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MACACA; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 38449095902     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm063     Document Type: Article

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