Stress-Induced Impairment of a Working Memory Task: Role of Spiking Rate and Spiking History Predicted Discharge

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Devilbiss, David M ^a   Jenison, Rick L ^a   Berridge, Craig W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; MAINTENANCE; RATS;

ACTION-POTENTIALS; COGNITIVE PROCESS; DELAYED-RESPONSE TASK; NEURON SPIKING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS; STRESS-INDUCED; WORK PLACE; WORKING MEMORY;

NEURONS;

ACOUSTIC STRESS; ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL STRESS; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; RESPONSE TIME; SPIKE HISTORY PREDICTED DISCHARGE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

RATTUS;

EID: 84866909848     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002681     Document Type: Article

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