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| Title |
Medial prefrontal activity during delay period contributes to learning of a working memory task
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| Published in |
Science, October 2014
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| DOI | 10.1126/science.1256573 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ding Liu, Xiaowei Gu, Jia Zhu, Xiaoxing Zhang, Zhe Han, Wenjun Yan, Qi Cheng, Jiang Hao, Hongmei Fan, Ruiqing Hou, Zhaoqin Chen, Yulei Chen, Chengyu T Li |
| Abstract |
Cognitive processes require working memory (WM) that involves a brief period of memory retention known as the delay period. Elevated delay-period activity in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) has been observed, but its functional role in WM tasks remains unclear. We optogenetically suppressed or enhanced activity of pyramidal neurons in mouse mPFC during the delay period. Behavioral performance was impaired during the learning phase but not after the mice were well trained. Delay-period mPFC activity appeared to be more important in memory retention than in inhibitory control, decision-making, or motor selection. Furthermore, endogenous delay-period mPFC activity showed more prominent modulation that correlated with memory retention and behavioral performance. Thus, properly regulated mPFC delay-period activity is critical for information retention during learning of a WM task. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 23 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 26% |
| China | 1 | 4% |
| Ireland | 1 | 4% |
| Australia | 1 | 4% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 12 | 52% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 15 | 65% |
| Scientists | 6 | 26% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 4% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 4% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 537 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1% |
| Germany | 5 | <1% |
| Japan | 3 | <1% |
| France | 2 | <1% |
| China | 2 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Korea, Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 2 | <1% |
| Unknown | 512 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 129 | 24% |
| Researcher | 109 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 57 | 11% |
| Student > Master | 55 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 26 | 5% |
| Other | 77 | 14% |
| Unknown | 84 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience | 186 | 35% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 140 | 26% |
| Psychology | 43 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 23 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 4% |
| Other | 32 | 6% |
| Unknown | 94 | 18% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 28. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 November 2014.
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#1,329,270
of 24,754,593 outputs
Outputs from Science
#21,364
of 80,128 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#15,128
of 266,863 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Science
#324
of 874 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 24,754,593 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 94th percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 80,128 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 64.7. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 73% of its peers.
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