Memory signals from the thalamus: Early thalamocortical phase synchronization entrains gamma oscillations during long-term memory retrieval

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 3519-3527

  Staudigl, Tobias ^a,b   Zaehle, Tino ^b   Voges, Jürgen ^b   Hanslmayr, Simon ^a   Esslinger, Christine ^b   Hinrichs, Hermann ^b   Schmitt, Friedhelm C ^b   Heinze, Hans Jochen ^b   Richardson Klavehn, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beta oscillations; Cross frequency coupling; Granger causality; Intracranial EEG; Phase synchrony; Stereotactic neurosurgery

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; EPILEPSY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALE; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECOGNITION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEREOTAXIS; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); THALAMUS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868473829     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.08.023     Document Type: Article

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