Spatial representation and cognitive modulation of response variability in the lateral intraparietal area priority map

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 41, 2013, Pages 16117-16130

  Falkner, Annegret L ^a,f   Goldberg, Michael E ^a,b,c   Krishna, B Suresh ^a,d,e  

^a Mahoney Keck Center for Brain and Behavior Research   (United States)

^b Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BERNSTEIN CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

^e GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMORY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; RHESUS MONKEY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SIMULATION; SPIKE WAVE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRAIN; MACACA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SACCADES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84885087067     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5269-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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