History-based action selection bias in posterior parietal cortex

Eun Jung Hwang; Jeffrey E. Dahlen; Madan Mukundan; Takaki Komiyama

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01356-z

Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

History-based action selection bias in posterior parietal cortex

Eun Jung Hwang,
Jeffrey E. Dahlen,
Madan Mukundan,
Takaki Komiyama

Affiliations

Eun Jung Hwang: Neurobiology Section, Center for Neural Circuits and Behavior, Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego
Jeffrey E. Dahlen: Neurobiology Section, Center for Neural Circuits and Behavior, Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego
Madan Mukundan: Neurobiology Section, Center for Neural Circuits and Behavior, Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego
Takaki Komiyama: Neurobiology Section, Center for Neural Circuits and Behavior, Department of Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01356-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Past outcomes modulate activity in a diverse set of brain regions however their precise influence on decisions is not known. Here the authors show that posterior parietal cortex neurons encode history-related signals between trials and optogenetic inactivation during this epoch disrupts the history dependence of choice.

Published in Nature Communications

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