Intrinsic neuronal dynamics predict distinct functional roles during working memory

D. F. Wasmuht; E. Spaak; T. J. Buschman; E. K. Miller; M. G. Stokes

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05961-4

Nature Communications (Aug 2018)

Intrinsic neuronal dynamics predict distinct functional roles during working memory

D. F. Wasmuht,
E. Spaak,
T. J. Buschman,
E. K. Miller,
M. G. Stokes

Affiliations

D. F. Wasmuht: Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
E. Spaak: Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
T. J. Buschman: Princeton Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology
E. K. Miller: The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory and Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M. G. Stokes: Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05961-4
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Prefrontal neurons exhibit both transient and persistent firing in working memory tasks. Here the authors report that the intrinsic timescale of neuronal firing outside the task is predictive of the temporal dynamics of coding during working memory in three frontoparietal brain areas.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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