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Discrete working memory. Discrete working memory. Delay. Discrete working memory. Discrete working memory. Discrete working memory. Green cue. Delay. Red cue. Delay. 27. 27. Spike rate (Hz). Spike rate (Hz). 0. 0. 15. 30. -15. 0. -15. 0. 15. 30. Time (sec). Time (sec).
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Discrete working memory Delay
Discrete working memory Green cue Delay Red cue Delay 27 27 Spike rate (Hz) Spike rate (Hz) 0 0 15 30 -15 0 -15 0 15 30 Time (sec) Time (sec) Data from inferotemporal cortex Fuster and Jervey, Science (1981)
Spatial working memory Direction of monkey's gaze
Spatial working memory Delay
Data from Funahashi et al. (1989) J. Neurophysiol. 61:331
Parametric Working Memory and Sequential Discrimination Experiments by group of R. Romo et al., UNAM Nature 399:470 (1999), Cereb. Cort. 13:1196 (2003)
Choose f1 > f2 f1 f2
or f2 > f1 f1 f2
base delay f1(Hz) 10 14 18 22 26 30 34 Rastergram: 30 Trial-averaged firing rate Firing rate (Hz) 0 0.5 Time (sec) 3.5 18 Romo et al. Nature 1999 Tuning curve of memory activity Firing rate (Hz) (from Miller et al. Cerebral Cortex 2003) 5 10 Stimulus, f1 (Hz) 34
Delay activity in PFC ties the task together Number of tuned neurons Firing rates Primary somatosensory cortex: Secondary somatosensory cortex: Premotor cortex: Prefrontal cortex: Romo et al. Philos Trans Roy Soc: Biol, 2002
Rate=f(I) I Rate I=f(Rate) Network model: firing rates with weak feedback Firing rate curve Feedback current Rate
I(app) Rate=f(I) I Rate I=f(Rate) Network model: firing rates with weak feedback Firing rate curve Feedback current Rate
Network model: firing rates with strong feedback Firing rate curve Feedback current
I(app) Rate=f(I) I Rate I=f(Rate) Network model: firing rates with strong feedback Firing rate curve Total current
Network model: recurrent excitation = pool of tens to hundreds of self-exciting neurons
Network model: bistability from recurrent excitation Input spikes here Memory activity
Miller and Wang, Chaos 2006 cf Miller et al, PLOS Biol. 2005 Stability increases exponentially with number of neurons in pool
Rate=f(I) I Rate I=f(Rate) Network model: Continuous attractor with moderate feedback Firing rate curve Feedback current W Rate
I(app) Rate=f(I) I Rate I=f(Rate) Network model: Continuous attractor with moderate feedback Firing rate curve Feedback current
I(app) Rate=f(I) I Rate I=f(Rate) Network model: Continuous attractor with moderate feedback Firing rate curve Feedback current