Gamma oscillations in gerbil auditory cortex during a target-discrimination task reflect matches with short-term memory

Brain Research

Volumn 1220, Issue , 2008, Pages 70-80

  Jeschke, Marcus ^a   Lenz, Daniel ^b   Budinger, Eike ^a   Herrmann, Christoph S ^b   Ohl, Frank W ^a,b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

40 Hz; Auditory cortex; EEG; ERP; Frequency modulated sound; Gamma activity; Local field potential; Oscillation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; GAMMA RHYTHM; GERBIL; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; GERBILLINAE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

GERBILLINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 48949119342     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.10.047     Document Type: Article

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