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ArticleJournal of neurophysiology2023

Laminar pattern of adolescent development changes in working memory neuronal activity.

Junda Zhu, Benjamin M Hammond, Xin Maizie Zhou, Christos Constantinidis

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Article in Journal of neurophysiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Asynchronous firing and off-states in working memory maintenance.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  5. Heterochronous laminar maturation in the human prefrontal cortex.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Junda ZhuProgram in Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
Benjamin M HammondProgram in Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
Xin Maizie ZhouDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4015-4787
Christos ConstantinidisProgram in Neuroscience, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7441-022X
Vanderbilt University · US

Funding

Neurophysiology of Working Memory Maturation in AdolescenceR01MH116675 · NIMH · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI CONSTANTINIDIS, CHRISTOS, WHITLOW, CHRISTOPHER T · 2018 to 2022
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NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH116675
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adolescent development is characterized by an improvement in cognitive abilities, such as working memory. Neurophysiological recordings in a nonhuman primate model of adolescence have revealed changes in neural activity that mirror improvement in behavior, including higher firing rate during the delay intervals of working memory tasks. The laminar distribution of these changes is unknown. By some accounts, persistent activity is more pronounced in superficial layers, so we sought to determine whether changes are most pronounced there. We therefore analyzed neurophysiological recordings from the young and adult stage of male monkeys, at different cortical depths. Superficial layers exhibited an increased baseline firing rate in the adult stage. Unexpectedly, we also detected substantial increases in delay period activity in the middle layers after adolescence, which was confirmed even after excluding penetrations near sulci. Finally, improved discriminability around the saccade period was most evident in the deeper layers. These results reveal the laminar pattern of neural activity maturation that is associated with cognitive improvement.

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Adolescent DevelopmentMemory, Short-TermAnimalsCognitionHumansMaleNeuronsPrefrontal Cortexadolescencecerebral cortexlayerprefrontal cortexworking memory

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PMID37703490
PMCPMC10649837
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