Stimulus duration in working memory is represented by neuronal activity in the monkey prefrontal cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1069-1080

  Sakurai, Yoshio ^a,b   Takahashi, Susumu ^a   Inoue, Masato ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coding; Retention; Temporal information; Tetrode

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MONKEY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKING MEMORY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MACACA MULATTA; MEMORY; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME;

EID: 4344590546     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03525.x     Document Type: Article

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