Inferior-frontal cortex phase synchronizes with the temporal-parietal junction prior to successful change detection

NeuroImage

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 417-431

  Micheli, Cristiano ^a,b,d   Kaping, Daniel ^a   Westendorff, Stephanie ^a   Valiante, Taufik A ^b,c   Womelsdorf, Thilo ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha frequency oscillations; Attention; Beta frequency synchronization; Coherence; ECoG; Functional networks; Prefrontal cortex; Temporo parietal cortex; Top down control

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BETA RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY GATING; TEMPORAL PARIETAL JUNCTION; VISION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EPILEPSY; FRONTAL LOBE; NERVE TRACT; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL;

ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION; BETA RHYTHM; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARIETAL LOBE; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84939129741     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.06.043     Document Type: Article

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