Theta modulation of inter-regional gamma synchronization during auditory attention control

Brain Research

Volumn 1431, Issue , 2012, Pages 77-85

  Doesburg, Sam M ^a,b,c   Green, Jessica J ^d   McDonald, John J ^e   Ward, Lawrence M ^f  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Cross frequency; EEG; Functional connectivity; Gamma; Neural oscillation; Neural synchrony; Theta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY ATTENTION CONTROL; AUDITORY SYSTEM FUNCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; THETA RHYTHM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; ORIENTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855647213     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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