Differential encoding of time by prefrontal and striatal network dynamics

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 854-870

  Bakhurin, Konstantin I ^a   Goudar, Vishwa ^b   Shobe, Justin L ^b   Claar, Leslie D ^c   Buonomano, Dean V ^a,b   Masmanidis, Sotiris C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Engineering IV   (United States)

Author keywords

Decoding; Machine learning algorithm; Neural dynamics; Orbitofrontal cortex; Striatum; Time coding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CORPUS STRIATUM; CRANIOTOMY; DORSAL STRIATUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; LICKING; MACHINE LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROANALYSIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STRIATE CORTEX; ALGORITHM; REWARD; ANIMAL; ANTICIPATION; C57BL MOUSE; CONDITIONING; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CORPUS STRIATUM; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NERVE NET; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 85010894591     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1789-16.2016     Document Type: Article

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