Electrophysiological signature of working and long-term memory interaction in the human hippocampus

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 177-188

  Axmacher, Nikolai ^a   Lenz, Sarah ^a   Haupt, Sven ^a   Elger, Christian E ^a   Fell, Juergen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

DC potential; Delta band activity; Intracranial EEG; Long term memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EPILEPSY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKING MEMORY;

DELTA RHYTHM; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72949098295     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.07041.x     Document Type: Article

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