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  • Title: Vertical and horizontal coding of space in the monkey dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.
    Author: Carlson S, Tanila H, Pertovaara A, Lähteenmäki A.
    Journal: Brain Res; 1990 Sep 10; 527(1):145-9. PubMed ID: 2282477.
    Abstract:
    Single cell activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex was recorded in a monkey performing a delayed alternation (DA) task in 3 directions, to the left, to the right, and upwards. Among the 127 units studied in all three directions, 18 neurons were spatially selective in one direction (to the left, to the right or upwards), 37 neurons in two directions and 8 neurons in each 3 directions during the performance of the DA task. Of the 9 neurons that were spatially selective upwards, 8 had a specific pattern of activity during the delay period and one during the response period. When several spatial directions are studied in a DA task, as in this work, it becomes evident that the prefrontal cortex contains a large number of spatially selective neurons. The results of this study suggest that there is a spatial memory map in the prefrontal cortex which is needed not only when a DA task is performed to the left and to the right but also in the upward direction.
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