Gamma oscillations mediate stimulus competition and attentional selection in a cortical network model

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 46, 2008, Pages 18023-18028

  Börgers, Christoph ^a   Epstein, Steven ^b   Kopell, Nancy J ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholinergic modulation; Gamma rhythm; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL INTERACTION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL NETWORK; OSCILLATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ATTENTION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 56649094457     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809511105     Document Type: Article

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