Event-induced theta responses as a window on the dynamics of memory

Cortex

Volumn 39, Issue 4-5, 2003, Pages 967-992

  Bastiaansen, Marcel ^a   Hagoort, Peter ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

EEG; Hippocampus; Memory; Oscillations; Theta rhythm

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVATION; DATA ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED RESPONSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GAMMA RHYTHM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEOCORTEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; REVIEW; SCALP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; THETA RHYTHM; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0242332251     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70873-6     Document Type: Article

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