Table 1.

The number and percentage (in parentheses) of neurons whose activity was significantly modulated (see Materials and Methods) for each task epoch

AreaModulated neurons
Number of neuronsPre-targetEarly reward-delayLate reward-delayPost-reward 4–800 msPost-reward 8–1200 msPost-reward 12–1600 ms
Monkey S
    Dorsal7458 (78.4)53 (71.6)47 (63.5)26 (35.1)21 (28.4)19 (25.7)
    Central8149 (60.5)56 (69.1)48 (59.3)43 (53.1)34 (42.0)28 (34.6)
    Ventral2413 (54.2)13 (54.2)11 (45.8)10 (41.7)17 (70.8)11 (45.8)
Monkey F
    Dorsal6445 (70.3)53 (82.8)47 (73.4)46 (71.9)42 (65.6)38 (59.4)
    Central2211 (50.0)16 (72.7)16 (72.7)16 (72.7)10 (45.5)9 (40.9)
    Ventral113 (27.3)10 (90.9)6 (54.5)9 (81.8)6 (54.5)5 (45.5)