From distributed resources to limited slots in multiple-item working memory: A spiking network model with normalization

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 33, 2012, Pages 11228-11240

  Wei, Ziqiang ^a,c,d   Wang, Xiao Jing ^b   Wang, Da Hui ^a,b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; EXCITATION; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SIMULATION; SPIKE; WORKING MEMORY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ATTENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUES; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865010544     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0735-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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