Comparing the prefrontal cortex of rats and primates: Insights from electrophysiology

Neurotoxicity Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 249-262

  Seamans, Jeremy K ^a   Lapish, Christopher C ^a   Durstewitz, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell assemblies; Decision making; Higher cognition; Neural coding; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTIVATION; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PLANNING; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RAT; REWARD; RUNNING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HAPLORHINI; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW;

PRIMATES; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GYRUS CINGULI; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMATES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS;

EID: 63249118693     PISSN: 10298428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03033814     Document Type: Article

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