Neuronal gamma-band synchronization as a fundamental process in cortical computation

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue , 2009, Pages 209-224

  Fries, Pascal ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alpha; Attention; Communication; Oscillation; Rhythm; Theta

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CALCULATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; COGNITION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PERIODICITY;

EID: 67650264268     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: 15454126     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.051508.135603     Document Type: Review

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