Discovering spatial working memory fields in prefrontal cortex

@article{citeulike:553427, abstract = {This essay looks at the historical significance of one APS classic paper that is freely available online: Funahashi S, Bruce CJ, and Goldman-Rakic PS. Mnemonic coding of visual space in the monkey's dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. J Neurophysiol 61: 331-349, 1989 (http://jn.physiology.org/cgi/reprint/61/2/331).}, author = {Wang, Xiao-Jing }, citeulike-article-id = {553427}, comment = {This essay reviews the classic article by Funahashi, Bruce, and Goldman-Rakic on prefrontal cells for "memory field." The representaion of working memory in prefrontal cortex ever since has reached the cellular and microcircuitry level, according to Wang's comments. Previous studies have found activities in cortices other than prefrontal cortex (such as parietal cortex) during memory retention. Following the trend of studies in the field, the author vocalized the questions that are still under exploration: does the delay activity represent a sensory information, selection, or motor planning? Are there subdivisions in prefrontal cortex processing different types of information,such as object and spatial information? }, doi = {10.1152/classicessays.00028.2005}, journal = {J Neurophysiol}, keywords = {cortex, goldman-rakic, memory, prefrontal, working}, month = {June}, number = {6}, pages = {3027--3028}, posted-at = {2006-03-15 21:26:30}, priority = {0}, title = {Discovering spatial working memory fields in prefrontal cortex}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/classicessays.00028.2005}, volume = {93}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:553427 L3 - citeulike-article-id:553427 TI - Discovering spatial working memory fields in prefrontal cortex JF - J Neurophysiol VL - 93 IS - 6 SP - 3027 EP - 3028 N2 - This essay looks at the historical significance of one APS classic paper that is freely available online: Funahashi S, Bruce CJ, and Goldman-Rakic PS. Mnemonic coding of visual space in the monkey's dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. J Neurophysiol 61: 331-349, 1989 (http://jn.physiology.org/cgi/reprint/61/2/331). KW - cortex KW - goldman-rakic KW - memory KW - prefrontal KW - working N1 - This essay reviews the classic article by Funahashi, Bruce, and Goldman-Rakic on prefrontal cells for "memory field." The representaion of working memory in prefrontal cortex ever since has reached the cellular and microcircuitry level, according to Wang's comments. Previous studies have found activities in cortices other than prefrontal cortex (such as parietal cortex) during memory retention. Following the trend of studies in the field, the author vocalized the questions that are still under exploration: does the delay activity represent a sensory information, selection, or motor planning? Are there subdivisions in prefrontal cortex processing different types of information,such as object and spatial information? AU - Wang, Xiao-Jing PY - 2005/06/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/classicessays.00028.2005 ER -