Temporal coding organized by coupled alpha and gamma oscillations prioritize visual processing

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 357-369

  Jensen, Ole ^a   Gips, Bart ^a   Bergmann, Til Ole ^a   Bonnefond, Mathilde ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONS OF THE SENSE ORGANS AND THE SENSORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; GAMMA RHYTHM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INHIBITION; REVIEW; SPIKE WAVE; STRIATE CORTEX; THALAMUS; VISION; VISUAL PROCESSING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84903528678     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2014.04.001     Document Type: Review

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