Slow-Theta-to-Gamma Phase-Amplitude Coupling in Human Hippocampus Supports the Formation of New Episodic Memories

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 268-278

  Lega, Bradley ^a   Burke, John ^b   Jacobs, Joshua ^c   Kahana, Michael J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

episodic memory; hippocampus; phase amplitude coupling; theta

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; DEPTH ELECTRODE; DRUG RESISTANT EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; EPISODIC MEMORY; FRONTAL CORTEX; GAMMA RHYTHM; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSURGERY; OSCILLATION; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE AMPLITUDE COUPLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THETA RHYTHM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RECALL;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; NERVE NET; THETA RHYTHM;

EID: 84959912193     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhu232     Document Type: Article

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