α-Oscillations in the monkey sensorimotor network influence discrimination performance by rhythmical inhibition of neuronal spiking

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 48, 2011, Pages 19377-19382

  Haegens, Saskia ^a   Nácher, Verónica ^b   Luna, Rogelio ^b   Romo, Ranulfo ^b   Jensen, Ole ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTO DE FISIOLOGÍA CELULAR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALPHA OSCILLATION; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EXPERIMENTAL MONKEY; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTORY PERIOD; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SPIKE WAVE; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIBRATION SENSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANIMALS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MACACA MULATTA; NEURONS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VIBRATION;

EID: 82755167951     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1117190108     Document Type: Article

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