Vision: How to Train Visual Cortex to Predict Reward Time

Hangya, Balázs, Kepecs, Adam (June 2015) Vision: How to Train Visual Cortex to Predict Reward Time. Current Biology, 25 (12). R490-R492. ISSN 0960-9822

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26079076
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2015.04.048

Abstract

Little is known about how the brain learns to anticipate the timing of reward. A new study demonstrates that optogenetic activation of basal forebrain input is sufficient to train reward timing activity in the primary visual cortex.

Item Type: Paper
Subjects: organism description > animal behavior
organism description > animal behavior > learning
organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > tissues types and functions > visual cortex
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Communities: CSHL labs > Kepecs lab
Depositing User: Matt Covey
Date: 15 June 2015
Date Deposited: 17 Jun 2015 19:07
Last Modified: 17 Jun 2015 19:07
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/31581

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