Neuronal correlates of visual working memory in the corvid endbrain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 7778-7786

  Veit, Lena ^a   Hartmann, Konstantin ^a   Nieder, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crow; Delayed match to sample; Nidopallium caudolaterale; Single cell recording; Songbird

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL POPULATION; COGNITION; CROW; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NIDOPALLIUM CAUDOLATERALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TASK PERFORMANCE; TELENCEPHALON; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

CROW; DELAYED MATCH-TO-SAMPLE; NIDOPALLIUM CAUDOLATERALE; SINGLE-CELL RECORDING; SONGBIRD;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CROWS; FEMALE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; ROC CURVE; TELENCEPHALON;

EID: 84901749966     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0612-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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