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A hierarchy of intrinsic timescales across primate cortex

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Murray, John D, Bernacchia, Alberto, Freedman, David J, Romo, Ranulfo, Wallis, Jonathan D, Cai, Xinying, Padoa-Schioppa, Camillo, Pasternak, Tatiana +3 more·2014·Nature Neuroscience

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Specialization and hierarchy are organizing principles for primate cortex, yet there is little direct evidence for how cortical areas are specialized in the temporal domain. We measured timescales of intrinsic fluctuations in spiking activity across areas and found a hierarchical ordering, with sensory and prefrontal areas exhibiting shorter and longer timescales, respectively. On the basis of our findings, we suggest that intrinsic timescales reflect areal specialization for task-relevant computations over multiple temporal ranges.

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    “The topographical hierarchy of processing timescales along the cortical surface (2) has been supported and replicated across methodologies, including single-unit analysis (4), electrocorticography analysis (7), fMRI analysis (5, 6, 25), magnetoencephalography analysis (1), computational models (3), and resting state functional connectivity (30, 31).”

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Murray, J. D., Bernacchia, A., Freedman, D. J., Romo, R., Wallis, J. D., Cai, X., Padoa-Schioppa, C., Pasternak, T., Seo, H., Lee, D., & Wang, X.-J.
Affiliations
  • Yale University (US)
  • Constructor University (DE)
  • University of Chicago (US)
  • National College (MX)
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • University of Rochester Medicine (US)
  • New York University Shanghai (CN)
Corresponding author
Wang, Xiao-Jing
Venue
Nature Neuroscience
Published
2014-11-10
Volume
17
Issue
12
Pages
1661-1663
ISSN
  • 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1726
OpenAlex
W2066835186
Cited by
990
References
42
Citations by year
2026: 123 · 2025: 123 · 2024: 117 · 2023: 104 · 2022: 91 · 2021: 99 · 2020: 87 · 2019: 63 · 2018: 80 · 2017: 54 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 23 · 2014: 2
FWCI
18.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH062349)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01-DA19028, R01DA019028, R01DA029330, R01DA032758)
  • National Eye Institute (R01EY11749, F32EY015340, R01EY011749, T32-EY-07125, R01EY019041, T32EY007125, P30EY001319)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (P01NS040813)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
Keywords
intrinsic timescales, cortical hierarchy, primate cortex, sensory cortex, prefrontal cortex, neural oscillations
MeSH terms
Action Potentials, Animals, Cerebral Cortex, Female, Macaca, Male, Photic Stimulation, Primates, Psychomotor Performance, Time Factors

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