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SUBMITTER: Murray JD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4241138 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Murray John D JD Bernacchia Alberto A Freedman David J DJ Romo Ranulfo R Wallis Jonathan D JD Cai Xinying X Padoa-Schioppa Camillo C Pasternak Tatiana T Seo Hyojung H Lee Daeyeol D Wang Xiao-Jing XJ
Nature neuroscience 20141110 12
Specialization and hierarchy are organizing principles for primate cortex, yet there is little direct evidence for how cortical areas are specialized in the temporal domain. We measured timescales of intrinsic fluctuations in spiking activity across areas and found a hierarchical ordering, with sensory and prefrontal areas exhibiting shorter and longer timescales, respectively. On the basis of our findings, we suggest that intrinsic timescales reflect areal specialization for task-relevant compu ...[more]