Plasticity of Persistent Activity and Its Constraints

Stimulus information is maintained in working memory by action potentials that persist after the stimulus is no longer physically present. The prefrontal cortex is a critical brain area that maintains such persistent activity due to an intrinsic network with unique synaptic connectivity, NMDA recept...

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Main Authors: Sihai Li, Xin Zhou, Christos Constantinidis, Xue-Lian Qi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Neural Circuits
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncir.2020.00015/full