Theta-alpha oscillations bind the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, and striatum during recollection: Evidence from simultaneous EEG–fMRI

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 3579-3587

  Herweg, Nora A ^a   Apitz, Thore ^a   Leicht, Gregor ^a   Mulert, Christioph ^a   Fuentemilla, Lluís ^b,c   Bunzeck, Nico ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

FMRI EEG; Hippocampus; Recollection; Striatum; Theta alpha

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM; VISUAL CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RECALL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; BRAIN MAPPING; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NERVE NET; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; THETA RHYTHM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961595211     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3629-15.2016     Document Type: Article

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