Spike-timing theory of working memory

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Szatmáry, Botond ^a,b   Izhikevich, Eugene M ^a,b  

^a NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Brain Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATIVE PROCESSING; TIMING CIRCUITS;

FIRING RATES; LIMITED CAPACITY; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY SYSTEMS; NEURONAL GROUPS; NEURONAL PROCESSING; OVERLAPPING GROUPS; SPIKE TIMING; TEMPORARY STORAGE; WORKING MEMORY;

NEURONS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PROCESS MODEL; SIMULATION; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME PERCEPTION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 78049416805     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000879     Document Type: Article

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