論文

査読有り
2002年

Information processes in the primate prefrontal cortex in relation to working memory processes

REVIEWS IN THE NEUROSCIENCES
  • S Funahashi
  • ,
  • K Takeda

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開始ページ
313
終了ページ
345
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
出版者・発行元
FREUND & PETTMAN PUBLISHERS

Working memory is a mechanism for short-term active storage of information as well as for processing stored information. Although evidence for neuronal mechanisms of temporary storage of information has accumulated for the prefrontal cortex, little is known about neuronal mechanisms for processing information. To understand how information is processed by prefrontal neurons, we first need to know what information is represented by single-neuron activity, and then examine how information represented by single-neuron activity or a population of activities changes along the temporal sequence of the trial. By examining task-related single-neuron activities while monkeys performed various working memory tasks, delay-period activity observed in the prefrontal cortex is considered to be a neuronal correlate of the mechanism for temporary active storage of information. Delay-period activity represents a variety of information including the spatial position and the physical feature of the stimulus, the forthcoming behavioral response, the quality of reward that the subject would receive, the difference of the task, or the rule of the task. Although delay-period activity could represent this variety of information, the information represented by delay-period activity is only the information relevant for task performance. In addition, using complex conditional tasks, delay-period activity has been shown to represent several kinds of information simultaneously. Based on these results, we examined how information represented by a population of prefrontal activities changes along the temporal sequence of the trial. Using two kinds of oculomotor delayed-response tasks, we first identified what information each task-related activity represents. Then, using population vector analysis, we could not only visualize information represented by a population of prefrontal activities, but also demonstrate the temporal change of information represented by a population of prefrontal activities. These attempts are important to understand information processes for working memory.

リンク情報
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12542260
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000180514400003&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • ISSN : 0334-1763
  • PubMed ID : 12542260
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000180514400003

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