The role of neural synchronization in the emergence of cognition across the wake-sleep cycle

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 69-83

  Cantero, Jose L ^a   Atienza, Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain oscillations; Cognition; Consciousness; Dreaming; Functional connectivity; Humans; Neural synchrony; Sleep

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN; COGNITION; DREAMING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SLEEP; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 15944386616     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/revneuro.2005.16.1.69     Document Type: Review

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