What do we gain from gamma? Local dynamic gain modulation drives enhanced efficacy and efficiency of signal transmission

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Knoblich, Ulf ^a   Siegle, Joshua H ^a   Pritchett, Dominique L ^a   Moore, Christopher I ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Gain; Gamma; Inhibition; Model; Sensory; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA NERVE FIBER; GAMMA RHYTHM; INTERNEURON; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PREDICTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPIKE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 79952995984     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2010.00185     Document Type: Article

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