Fast and slow transitions in frontal ensemble activity during flexible sensorimotor behavior

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1234-1242

  Siniscalchi, Michael J ^a   Phoumthipphavong, Victoria ^b   Ali, Farhan ^b   Lozano, Marc ^b   Kwan, Alex C ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOUSE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SECONDARY MOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIATE CORTEX; WHITE NOISE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION; C57BL MOUSE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; DECISION MAKING; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR CORTEX; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84978138814     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.4342     Document Type: Article

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