Neuronal mechanisms and attentional modulation of corticothalamic alpha oscillations

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 4935-4943

  Bollimunta, Anil ^a   Mo, Jue ^a   Schroeder, Charles E ^b,c   Ding, Mingzhou ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; LATERAL GENICULATE NUCLEUS; MACACA; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIATE CORTEX; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; THALAMUS;

EID: 79955730691     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5580-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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