Theta oscillations in human cortex during a working-memory task: Evidence for local generators

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1630-1638

  Raghavachari, S ^a   Lisman, J E ^a   Tully, M ^b,d   Madsen, J R ^b   Bromfield, E B ^c   Kahana, M J ^d  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OSCILLATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THETA RHYTHM; WORKING MEMORY; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 32544442420     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00409.2005     Document Type: Article

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