A quantitative analysis of context-dependent remapping of medial frontal cortex neurons and ensembles

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 31, 2016, Pages 8258-8272

  Ma, Liya ^a   Hyman, James M ^b   Durstewitz, Daniel ^c   Phillips, Anthony G ^d   Seamans, Jeremy K ^d  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioral flexibility; Ensemble analysis; Medial prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; GENE LOSS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEDIAL FRONTAL CORTEX; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OPERANT BEHAVIORAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REWARD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPIKE WAVE; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FRONTAL LOBE; LONG EVANS RAT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FRONTAL LOBE; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84983001424     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3176-15.2016     Document Type: Article

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