A Functional Gradient in the Rodent Prefrontal Cortex Supports Behavioral Inhibition

Current Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 549-555

  Hardung, Stefanie ^a,b   Epple, Robert ^b,c   Jäckel, Zoe ^b   Eriksson, David ^a,b   Uran, Cem ^a,b   Senn, Verena ^a,d   Gibor, Lihi ^e   Yizhar, Ofer ^e   Diester, Ilka ^a,b  

^a ERNST STRÜNGMANN INSTITUTE ESI FOR NEUROSCIENCE IN COOPERATION WITH MAX PLANCK SOCIETY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

electrophysiology; inhibitory control; motor control; optogenetics; prefrontal cortex; rat; stop signal task

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; OPTOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RAT; REACTION TIME; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MALE; OPTOGENETICS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 85012922673     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2016.12.052     Document Type: Article

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