Response-locked changes in auto- and cross-covariations in parietal cortex

NeurocomputingPublished 1 June 1999

J.S Pezaris, Maneesh Sahani, Richard A. Andersen

DOI10.1016/s0925-2312(99)00053-3

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Action potentials from small groups of physically adjacent neurons were recorded from the parietal cortex of two rhesus macaques performing a memory saccade task and show modulations synchronized with behavioral events consistent with visual, memory, and perisaccadic activity.

Abstract

Action potentials from small groups of physically adjacent neurons were recorded from the parietal cortex of two rhesus macaques performing a memory saccade task. Recordings were made using tetrodes and sorted into spike trains from individual cells. Auto- and crosscovariograms of spike times for individual cells and simultaneously recorded pairs of cells, respectively, show modulations synchronized with behavioral events consistent with visual, memory, and perisaccadic activity.

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