Tactile spatial attention enhances gamma-band activity in somatosensory cortex and reduces low-frequency activity in parieto-occipital areas

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 490-501

  Bauer, Markus ^a,b   Oostenveld, Robert ^a,c   Peeters, Maarten ^a   Fries, Pascal ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Attention; Braille; Gamma; MEG; Oscillation; Somatosensory; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BETA RHYTHM; BRAILLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEX FINGER; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OSCILLATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FINGERS; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH;

EID: 32544438571     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5228-04.2006     Document Type: Article

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