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The organization of interneuronal cortical connections was studied in experiments on cats with the development of delayed alimentary instrumental reflexes in response to light. The dynamics of the intra- and interstructural neuronal network at the level of the cortical projection (visual and motor) zones of the cat brain in three forms of behavior was revealed through a cross correlation analysis: the realization of the CR, in the intersignal period with the presence and absence of instrumental movements. The predominance of “informational” or “motivational” neuronal connections was observed depending upon the forms of the behavior.
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Translated from Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatel'nosti imeni I. P. Pavlova, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 291–299, March–April, 1991.
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Merzhanova, G.K., Berg, A.I. Statistical analysis of the functional connections between the neurons of the visual and motor cortex in different forms of conditioned reflex behavior. Neurosci Behav Physiol 22, 113–119 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01192382
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