The phase of thalamic alpha activity modulates cortical gamma-band activity: Evidence from resting-state MEG recordings

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 45, 2013, Pages 17827-17835

  Roux, Frédéric ^a,b   Wibra, Michael ^b   Singer, Wolf ^c,d,e   Aru, Jaan ^c,e   Uhlhaas, Peter J ^c,d,f  

^a BASQUE CENTER ON COGNITION   (Spain)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

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

^e FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH RECORDING; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 84887027756     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5778-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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