Sustained Activity in the Medial Wall during Working Memory Delays

Table 1.

Talairach coordinates in the medial superior frontal cortex

Motor activity Sustained activity Saccadic activity
X Y Z X Y Z X Y Z
  S1 3 −10 52 −2 7** 55 −6 −81-164 60
  S2 −3 −5 53 5 2* 62 11 −2† 64
  S3 0 −11 49 −2  14** 44 −3 −11-164 50
  S4 2 −12 57 −4 8** 54 3 −31-164 58
  S5 3 −13 47 −8 −5** 54 −8 −141-164 65
 Mean ± SD 1 ± 2 −10 ± 3 52 ± 4 −2 ± 5 5 ± 7 54 ± 6 0 ± 8 −6 ± 6 60 ± 6
Spatial working memory study
  S6 0 −15 46 1 4** 57
  S7 3 −14 49 0 −1** 54
  S8 2 −9 49 0 11** 51
  S9 −1 −15 49 −5 18** 43
 S10 0 −17 54 2 16** 46
 S11 2 −11 52 −3 4** 53
 S12 −2 −16 48 1 10** 46
 Mean (SD) 0 ± 2 −14 ± 3 50 ± 2 −1 ± 3 9 ± 7 50 ± 5
Face working memory study
  S6 2 −13 50 −1 5** 55
  S7 2 −18 48 0 1** 54
  S8 2 −12 47 0 15** 45
  S9 1 −18 51 1 6** 48
 S10 2 −10 51 −1 11** 55
 S11 0 −13 51 1 10** 46
 S12 −5 −15 54 −2 7** 43
 Mean (SD) 1 ± 3 −14 ± 3 50 ± 2 0 ± 1 8 ± 5 50 ± 5
  • Significant difference in Y coordinates: **p < 0.0001 motor versus sustained activity; *p < 0.005 motor versus sustained activity;

  • ↵F1-164 p < 0.0001 saccadic versus sustained activity;

  • ↵† p < 0.01 saccadic versus sustained activity.

  1. The Journal of Neuroscience vol. 18 no. 22 9429-9437
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