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Dissecting the Non-human Primate Brain in Stereotaxic Space
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[Blocks of neuron correlates of behaviour in the monkey brain prefrontal cortex and striatum]
Abstract:
The dynamics of tonic neuron activity of the putamen and prefrontal cortex of monkey's brain is researched by studying sequential stages of executive behavior program. It is determined that tonic responses in both structures are classified in separate blocks. The blocks are timed to key moments of behavior connected with intermediate goals framed by a common task. As to the structures of the aforesaid blocks of tonic activity in cortex and striatum, they are different in instructive part of the program and similar in executive one. More differential attitude of cortex is revealed to the sequence of executive behavior activity.
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