The neuronal basis for consciousness

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 353, Issue 1377, 1998, Pages 1841-1849

  Llinas R ^a   Ribary, U ^a   Contreras, D ^a   Pedroarena, G ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coincidence detection; Consciousness; Facilitation; Gamma oscillations; Thalamocortical; Voltage sensitive dye

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032578955     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1998.0336     Document Type: Conference Paper

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