The critical role of phase difference in gamma oscillation within the temporoparietal network for binding visual working memory

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Tseng, Philip ^a,b   Chang, Yu Ting ^b,c   Chang, Chi Fu ^c   Liang, Wei Kuang ^c   Juan, Chi Hung ^c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT; CHEMICAL BINDING; DRIVER; HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PARIETAL CORTEX; WORKING MEMORY; ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PARIETAL LOBE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NERVE NET; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84985991251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep32138     Document Type: Article

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