Slow modulation of ongoing discharge in the auditory cortex during an interval-discrimination task

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Abolafia, Juan M ^a   Martinez Garcia, Marina ^b   Deco, Gustavo ^a,b   Sanchez Vives, Maria V ^a  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Auditory; Awake; Decision making; Rat; Spontaneous

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 82355172054     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2011.00060     Document Type: Article

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