Common rules guide comparisons of speed and direction of motion in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 972-986

  Hussar, Cory R ^a   Pasternak, Tatiana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; EYE FIXATION; EYE POSITION; HAPLORHINI; INTERNEURON; MALE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SPIKE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MACACA; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEURONS; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84872319536     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4075-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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