A Heterogeneous Population Code for Elapsed Time in Rat Medial Agranular Cortex

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-73

  Matell, Matthew S ^a   Shea Brown, Eric ^a,b   Gooch, Cindy ^a   Wilson, A George ^a   Rinzel, John ^a,c  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discriminant analysis; Internal clock; Interval timing; Peak procedure; Premotor cortex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MALE; MEDIAL AGRANULAR CORTEX; NERVE CELL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79951838021     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021954     Document Type: Article

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