Memory-guided sensory comparisons in the prefrontal cortex: Contribution of putative pyramidal cells and interneurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2747-2761

  Hussar, Cory R ^a   Pasternak, Tatiana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; INTERNEURON; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RHESUS MONKEY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FIXATION, OCULAR; INTERNEURONS; MACACA MULATTA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MOTION PERCEPTION; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBABILITY; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; REACTION TIME; ROC CURVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857351686     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5135-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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