What does gamma coherence tell us about inter-regional neural communication?

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 484-489

  Buzsáki, György ^a   Schomburg, Erik W ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CELL COMMUNICATION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; EYE MOVEMENT; GAMMA RHYTHM; MEASUREMENT; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SPIKE; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP; ANIMAL; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ANIMALS; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMANS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NERVE NET;

EID: 84925820428     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3952     Document Type: Review

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