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Neurons of the cerebral cortex exhibit precise interspike timing in correspondence to behavior
- Source :
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States. Dec 20, 2005, Vol. 102 Issue 51, p18655, 3 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- We show that times of spikes can be very precise. In the cerebral cortex, where each nerve cell is affected by thousands of others, it is the common belief that the exact time of a spike is random up to an averaged firing rate over tens of milliseconds. In a brain slice, precise time relations of several neurons have been observed. It remained unclear whether this phenomenon can also be observed in brains of behaving animals. Here we show, in behaving monkeys, that time intervals between spikes, measured in correspondence to a specific behavior, may be controlled to within the milliseconds range. data mining | motor cortex | neural codes | precise timing | single units
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00278424
- Volume :
- 102
- Issue :
- 51
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.140662030