An oscillatory mechanism for multi-level storage in short-term memory.

ABSTRACT: Oscillatory activity is commonly observed during the maintenance of information in short-term memory, but its role remains unclear. Non-oscillatory models of short-term memory storage are able to encode stimulus identity through their spatial patterns of activity, but are typically limited to either an all-or-none representation of stimulus amplitude or exhibit a biologically implausible exact-tuning condition. Here we demonstrate a simple mechanism by which oscillatory input enables a circuit to generate persistent or sequential activity that encodes information not only in the spatial pattern of activity, but also in the amplitude of activity. This is accomplished through a phase-locking phenomenon that permits many different amplitudes of persistent activity to be stored without requiri

SUBMITTER: Champion KP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10415352 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature