Neural synchrony in cortical networks: History, concept and current status

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue JUL, 2009, Pages

  Uhlhaas, Peter J ^a,b   Pipa, Gordon ^a,c   Lima, Bruss ^a   Melloni, Lucia ^a   Neuenschwander, Sergio ^a   Nikolić, Danko ^a,c   Singer, Wolf ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cortex; Gamma; Oscillations; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890867605     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.07.017.2009     Document Type: Article

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