Top-Down Beta Rhythms Support Selective Attention via Interlaminar Interaction: A Model

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Lee, Jung H ^a   Whittington, Miles A ^b   Kopell, Nancy J ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA RHYTHMS; COGNITIVE ABILITY; GAIN MODULATION; INTERLAMINAR; NEURAL CORRELATE; RHYTHMIC ACTIVITY; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SENSORY AREAS; SUPERFICIAL LAYERS; TOPDOWN;

NEURONS;

ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; COMPUTER MODEL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GAMMA RHYTHM; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS;

EID: 84883404110     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003164     Document Type: Article

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