The first second: models of short-term memory traces in the brain.
Many network models in computational neuroscience rise to the challenge of explaining behavioural phenomena ranging from microseconds to tens of seconds using components operating mostly on a time-scale of milliseconds. These models have in common that the underlying system has a memory, which implies that its output depends on its past input history. In this review we compare how such memory traces or delayed responses may be implemented in different brain areas supporting a diversity of functions.
Maex
Reinoud
R
Science and Technology Research Institute, University of Hertfordshire, College Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom. r.maex1@herts.ac.uk
Steuber
Volker
V
D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001683:Biological Clocks / Q000502:physiology; D001921:Brain / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology*; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors