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Functional Imaging of Auditory Cortex in Adult Cats using High-field fMRI
Published on: February 19, 2014
[The temporal organization of the functional connection of the motor cortex neurons in the cat]
Abstract:
Conditioned food-procuring response to time (2 minutes interval) was elaborated in cats, multiunit activity of the motor cortex being recorded. On the basis of single spike trains discriminated from the multiunit activity the cross-correlation histograms were built and the spikes composing their peaks were analysed in real time. This secondary analysis of the histograms allowed to ascertain the dynamics of functional connections between the neurons during the phase of active waiting according to the distribution of coincident impulses. A concentration of coincident impulses of simultaneously recorded cells was observed in different moment of time. In some neuronal pairs the concentration of coincident impulses was revealed to the end of the conditioned interval. The data obtained are considered as a manifestation of the conditioned reaction at the level of neuronal interaction.
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