Oscillatory multiplexing of population codes for selective communication in the mammalian brain

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 111-122

  Akam, Thomas ^a   Kullmann, Dimitri M ^b  

^a CHAMPALIMAUD CENTRE FOR THE UNKNOWN   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CODING; CONNECTOME; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAMMAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPIKE WAVE; TIME;

MAMMALIA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BRAIN; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84892786797     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn3668     Document Type: Review

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