Dynamics of cortical neuronal ensembles transit from decision making to storage for later report

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 35, 2012, Pages 11956-11969

  Ponce Alvarez, Adrián ^a,b,d   Nácher, Verónica ^b   Luna, Rogelio ^b   Riehle, Alexa ^a   Romo, Ranulfo ^b,c  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c EL COLEGIO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FRONTAL LOBE; HIDDEN MARKOV MODEL; LATENT PERIOD; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SECONDARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPIKE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DECISION MAKING; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84865523347     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6176-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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