Gamma-band activity in human prefrontal cortex codes for the number of relevant items maintained in working memory

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 36, 2012, Pages 12411-12420

  Roux, Frédéric ^a,b   Wibral, Michael ^a   Mohr, Harald M ^a   Singer, Wolf ^b,c,d   Uhlhaas, Peter J ^b,d  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

^d ERNST STRÜNGMANN INSTITUTE ESI FOR NEUROSCIENCE IN COOPERATION WITH MAX PLANCK SOCIETY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MENTAL LOAD; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POWER SPECTRUM; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865722469     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0421-12.2012     Document Type: Article

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