Spatio-temporal firing patterns in the frontal cortex of behaving monkeys

J Physiol Paris. 1996;90(3-4):249-50. doi: 10.1016/s0928-4257(97)81433-7.

Abstract

Recording the activity of several neurons in parallel in the frontal cortex of behaving monkeys reveals that firing times of neurons can maintain +/- 1 ms accuracy even after delays of over 400 ms. The accurate firing structures were associated with behavior. Neural networks that can sustain such accuracy can learn 'learn' to bind with each other and thus may serve as building blocks for cognitive processes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Action Potentials / physiology
  • Animals
  • Behavior, Animal / physiology*
  • Frontal Lobe / cytology
  • Frontal Lobe / physiology*
  • Haplorhini
  • Nerve Net / physiology*
  • Neurons / physiology*
  • Reaction Time / physiology*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Stochastic Processes