Theta and gamma power increases and alpha/beta power decreases with memory load in an attractor network model

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3008-3020

  Lundqvist, Mikael ^a   Herman, Pawel ^a   Lansner, Anders ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CELL ACTIVITY; GAMMA RHYTHM; LONG TERM MEMORY; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RECALL; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; THETA RHYTHM; WORKING MEMORY;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860390338     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00029     Document Type: Article

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