Rye Jaffe

Abstract The current understanding of sensory and motor cortical areas has been defined by the existence of topographical maps across the brain surface, however, higher cortical areas, such as the prefrontal cortex, seem to lack an equivalent organization, and only limited evidence of functional clustering of neurons with similar stimulus properties is evident in them.

Abstract While the current understanding of sensory and motor cortical areas has been defined topographical maps across the surface of these areas, higher cortical areas, such as the prefrontal cortex, seem to lack an equivalent organization, with only limited evidence of functional clustering of neurons with similar stimulus properties.

New Results doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.07.25.550371 Abstract Persistent activity of neurons in the prefrontal cortex has been thought to represent the information maintained in working memory though alternative models have recently challenged this idea. Activity-silent theories posit that stimulus information may be maintained by the activity pattern of neurons that do not generate persistent activity, significantly elevated about their baseline.