Synchronisation hubs in the visual cortex may arise from strong rhythmic inhibition during gamma oscillations

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2864-2883

  Folias, Stefanos E ^a,b   Yu, Shan ^c   Snyder, Abigail ^b   Nikolić, Danko ^c,d,e,f   Rubin, Jonathan E ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

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

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^g CENTER FOR THE NEURAL BASIS OF COGNITION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Computational model; Michigan probes; Orientation selectivity; Synchronisation

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL SYNCHRONISATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; COMPUTER MODEL; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GAMMA RHYTHM; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIATE CORTEX; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; SYNCHRONISATION HUB; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84884699470     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12287     Document Type: Article

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