Input-Dependent Frequency Modulation of Cortical Gamma Oscillations Shapes Spatial Synchronization and Enables Phase Coding

PLoS Computational Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Lowet, Eric ^a,b   Roberts, Mark ^a,b   Hadjipapas, Avgis ^c,d   Peter, Alina ^e,f   van der Eerden, Jan ^b   De Weerd, Peter ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Cyprus)

^d ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^f Max Planck Institute for Brain Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); FREQUENCY MODULATION; LOCKS (FASTENERS);

CORTICAL ACTIVITY; DEPENDENT FREQUENCIES; FREQUENCY DIFFERENCES; GAMMA OSCILLATIONS; GAMMA PHASE; OSCILLATION SHAPES; PHASE CODES; PHASE CODING; PHASE RELATION; PHASE-LOCKING;

SYNCHRONIZATION;

ARTICLE; EXCITATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; GAMMA RHYTHM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PHASE CODING; SPATIAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RHESUS MONKEY; VISUAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PHASE SYNCHRONIZATION; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84924405239     PISSN: 1553734X     EISSN: 15537358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004072     Document Type: Article

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