Temporal filtering by prefrontal neurons in duration discrimination

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2333-2343

  Oshio, Ken Ichi ^a   Chiba, Atsushi ^a   Inase, Masahiko ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Non human primate; Prefrontal cortex; Time perception; Unit recording

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HISTOLOGY; MONKEY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MACACA; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 56749170804     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06509.x     Document Type: Article

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