Distinct dynamics of ramping activity in the frontal cortex and caudate nucleus in monkeys

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1850-1861

  Ding, Long ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Decision making; Perception; Reward; Temporal accumulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DECISION MAKING; FIRING RATE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL EYE FIELD; HAPLORHINI; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; EVOKED RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION;

ANIMALS; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HAPLORHINI; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; SENSATION;

EID: 84941905402     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00395.2015     Document Type: Article

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