Areas V1 and V2 show microsaccade-related 3-4-Hz covariation in gamma power and frequency

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1286-1296

  Lowet, E ^a,b   Roberts, M J ^a,b   Bosman, C A ^b,c   Fries, P ^b,d   de Weerd, P ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Gamma band response; Monkey; Saccade; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROCORTICOGRAPHY; GAMMA RHYTHM; LOCAL FIELD POTENTIAL; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHESUS MONKEY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SECONDARY VISUAL CORTEX; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STRIATE CORTEX; ANIMAL; NERVE TRACT; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THETA RHYTHM; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; GAMMA RHYTHM; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SACCADES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THETA RHYTHM; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84950349772     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13126     Document Type: Article

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