Striatal spiny neurons are central to an interval-timing theory Meck developed over the past decade with Gibbon, who worked at Columbia University until his death last year.

• 过去10年间，梅克与去年过世的美国哥伦比亚大学教授吉朋发展了间距计时理论，这些纹状体棘神经元在其中扮演了重要角色。