Modulation of Network Excitability by Persistent Activity: How Working Memory Affects the Response to Incoming Stimuli

Elisa M. Tartaglia; Nicolas Brunel; Gianluigi Mongillo

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004059

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Modulation of Network Excitability by Persistent Activity: How Working Memory Affects the Response to Incoming Stimuli

Elisa M. Tartaglia,

Affiliations Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems @UniTn, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rovereto, Italy, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France, Université Paris Descartes, Centre de Neurophysique, Physiologie et Pathologie, Paris, France, Departments of Statistics and Neurobiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Nicolas Brunel,

Affiliation Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France
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Gianluigi Mongillo

* E-mail: gianluigi.mongillo@parisdescartes.fr

Affiliations Université Paris Descartes, Centre de Neurophysique, Physiologie et Pathologie, Paris, France, Departments of Statistics and Neurobiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Modulation of Network Excitability by Persistent Activity: How Working Memory Affects the Response to Incoming Stimuli

Elisa M. Tartaglia,
Nicolas Brunel,
Gianluigi Mongillo

Published: February 19, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004059

About the Authors

Elisa M. Tartaglia

Affiliations Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems @UniTn, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Rovereto, Italy, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France, Université Paris Descartes, Centre de Neurophysique, Physiologie et Pathologie, Paris, France, Departments of Statistics and Neurobiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Nicolas Brunel

Affiliation Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France

Gianluigi Mongillo

* E-mail: gianluigi.mongillo@parisdescartes.fr

Affiliations Université Paris Descartes, Centre de Neurophysique, Physiologie et Pathologie, Paris, France, Departments of Statistics and Neurobiology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EMT NB GM. Performed the experiments: EMT NB GM. Analyzed the data: EMT NB GM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EMT NB GM. Wrote the paper: EMT NB GM.

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