Sensory cortical population dynamics uniquely track behavior across learning and extinction

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1248-1257

  Moran, Anan ^a   Katz, Donald B ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Condition taste aversion; Dynamics; Hidden Markov models; Learning; Neural network

Indexed keywords

CONDITION TASTE AVERSION; DYNAMICS; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; LEARNING; NEURAL NETWORK;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; LEARNING; NEURONS; RATS;

EID: 84892703205     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3331-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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