Representation of Action Sequence Boundaries by Macaque Prefrontal Cortical Neurons
- 29 August 2003
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 301 (5637) , 1246-1249
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1086872
Abstract
Complex biological systems such as human language and the genetic code are characterized by explicit markers at the beginning and end of functional sequences. We report here that macaque prefrontal cortical neurons exhibit phasic peaks of spike activity that occur at the beginning and endpoint of sequential oculomotor saccade performance and have the properties of dynamic start- and end-state encoders accompanying responses to sequential actions. Sequence bounding may thus reflect a general mechanism for encoding biological information.Keywords
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