Functions of gamma‐band synchronization in cognition: From single circuits to functional diversity across cortical and subcortical systems

CA Bosman, CS Lansink… - European Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Gamma‐band activity (30–90 Hz) and the synchronization of neural activity in the
gamma‐frequency range have been observed in different cortical and subcortical structures …

[PDF][PDF] Resonant cell assemblies: a new approach to cognitive functions and neuronal synchrony

FJ Varela - Biological research, 1995 - biologiachile.cl
This paper presents a novel reading of ideas on temporal binding as a key for cognitive
operations by means of fast (gamma band) phase synchrony. We advocate a view of binding …

EEGLAB: an open source toolbox for analysis of single-trial EEG dynamics including independent component analysis

A Delorme, S Makeig - Journal of neuroscience methods, 2004 - Elsevier
We have developed a toolbox and graphic user interface, EEGLAB, running under the
crossplatform MATLAB environment (The Mathworks, Inc.) for processing collections of …

Impaired odour discrimination on desynchronization of odour-encoding neural assemblies

M Stopfer, S Bhagavan, BH Smith, G Laurent - Nature, 1997 - nature.com
Stimulus-evoked oscillatory synchronization of neural assemblies has been described in the
olfactory,,,, and visual,, systems of several vertebrates and invertebrates. In locusts …

Internally organized mechanisms of the head direction sense

A Peyrache, MM Lacroix, PC Petersen… - Nature neuroscience, 2015 - nature.com
The head-direction (HD) system functions as a compass, with member neurons robustly
increasing their firing rates when the animal's head points in a specific direction. HD …

Prion (PrPSc)-specific epitope defined by a monoclonal antibody

C Korth, B Stierli, P Streit, M Moser, O Schaller… - Nature, 1997 - nature.com
Prions are infectious particles causing transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs).
They consist, at least in part, of an isoform (PrPSc) of the ubiquitous cellular prion protein …

Cortical gamma oscillations: the functional key is activation, not cognition

B Merker - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Cortical oscillatory synchrony in the gamma range has been attracting increasing attention
in cognitive neuroscience ever since being proposed as a solution to the so-called binding …

Control from below: the role of a midbrain network in spatial attention

EI Knudsen - European Journal of Neuroscience, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Spatial attention enables the brain to analyse and evaluate information selectively from a
specific location in space, a capacity essential for any animal to behave adaptively in a …

Visual categories and concepts in the avian brain

R Pusch, W Clark, J Rose, O Güntürkün - Animal Cognition, 2023 - Springer
Birds are excellent model organisms to study perceptual categorization and concept
formation. The renewed focus on avian neuroscience has sparked an explosion of new data …

Visually induced gamma-band responses in human electroencephalographic activity—a link to animal studies

MM Müller, J Bosch, T Elbert, A Kreiter… - Experimental brain …, 1996 - Springer
Visual presentation of an object produces firing patterns in cell assemblies representing the
features of the object. Based on theoretical considerations and animal experiments, it has …