发布时间:2019-09-17
Working memory (WM) is essential for cognition by allowing active retention of behaviorally relevant information over a short duration, known as the delay period. We addressed the question of functional role of delay-period activity in medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), by using an olfactory WM task with a delay period designed to temporally separate memory retention from other functions, such decision making, in head-fixed mice.