Rhythms for Cognition: Communication through Coherence

Neuron

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 220-235

  Fries, Pascal ^a,b  

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

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; ATTENTION; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN REGION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THETA RHYTHM;

BRAIN; COGNITION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NEURONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 84943277272     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.09.034     Document Type: Review

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