Cannabinoid-mediated disinhibition and working memory: Dynamical interplay of multiple feedback mechanisms in a continuous attractor model of prefrontal cortex

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Carter, Eugene ^a   Wang, Xiao Jing ^a,b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous attractor network; Endocannabinoid; Oculomotor delayed response task; Prefrontal cortex; Working memory

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CANNABINOID;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ASSOCIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CANNABINOIDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEEDBACK; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 38449103481     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm103     Document Type: Article

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