The functional consequences of cortical circuit abnormalities on gamma oscillations in schizophrenia: Insights from computational modeling

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2009, Pages

  Spencer, Kevin M ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational model; Cortical excitability; Gamma oscillation; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956650298     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.09.033.2009     Document Type: Article

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