For things needing your attention: The role of neocortical gamma in sensory perception

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 31, Issue , 2015, Pages 254-263

  Pritchett, Dominique L ^a   Siegle, Joshua H ^b   Deister, Christopher A ^c   Moore, Christopher I ^c  

^a CHAMPALIMAUD FOUNDATION   (Portugal)

^b ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNEURON; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SENSATION; SENSORY EVALUATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMANS; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS; PERCEPTION;

EID: 84924540047     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2015.02.004     Document Type: Review

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