Tuning alpha rhythms to shape conscious visual perception

F Di Gregorio, J Trajkovic, C Roperti, E Marcantoni… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
It is commonly held that what we see and what we believe we see are overlapping
phenomena. However, dissociations between sensory events and their subjective …

Fields or firings? Comparing the spike code and the electromagnetic field hypothesis

T Hunt, M Jones - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Where is consciousness? Neurobiological theories of consciousness look primarily to
synaptic firing and “spike codes” as the physical substrate of consciousness, although the …

Effects of rhythmic transcranial magnetic stimulation in the alpha-band on visual perception depend on deviation from alpha-peak frequency: faster relative …

A Coldea, D Veniero, S Morand, J Trajkovic… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Alpha-band oscillatory activity over occipito-parietal areas is involved in shaping perceptual
and cognitive processes, with a growing body of electroencephalographic (EEG) evidence …

Things you wanted to know (but might have been afraid to ask) about how and why to explore and modulate brain plasticity with non-invasive neurostimulation …

C Stengel, C Sanches, MN Toba, A Valero-Cabré - Revue Neurologique, 2022 - Elsevier
Brain plasticity can be defined as the ability of local and extended neural systems to
organize either the structure and/or the function of their connectivity patterns to better adapt …

Conscious perception and the prefrontal cortex a review

M Michel - Journal of Consciousness Studies, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Is perceptual processing in dedicated sensory areas sufficient for conscious perception?
Localists say,'Yes—given some background conditions.'Prefrontalists say,'No: conscious …

Electrophysiological and Behavioral Effects of Alpha-Band Sensory Entrainment: Neural Mechanisms and Clinical Applications

J Gallina, G Marsicano, V Romei, C Bertini - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Alpha-band (7–13 Hz) activity has been linked to visuo-attentional performance in healthy
participants and to impaired functionality of the visual system in a variety of clinical …

In vivo low‐intensity magnetic pulses durably alter neocortical neuron excitability and spontaneous activity

M Boyer, P Baudin, C Stengel… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic brain stimulation is a promising treatment for neurological and psychiatric
disorders. However, a better understanding of its effects at the individual neuron level is …

Transcranial magnetic stimulation entrains alpha oscillatory activity in occipital cortex

YJ Lin, L Shukla, L Dugué, A Valero-Cabré… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Parieto-occipital alpha rhythms (8–12 Hz) underlie cortical excitability and influence
visual performance. Whether the synchrony of intrinsic alpha rhythms in the occipital cortex …

EEG evidence reveals zolpidem-related alterations and prognostic value in disorders of consciousness

Z Hao, X Xia, Y Bai, Y Wang, W Dou - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Effective treatment and accurate long-term prognostication of patients with disorders of
consciousness (DOC) remain pivotal clinical issues and challenges in neuroscience …

Rhythmic TMS as a feasible tool to uncover the oscillatory signatures of audiovisual integration

R Bertaccini, G Ippolito, L Tarasi, A Zazio, A Stango… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Multisensory integration is quintessential to adaptive behavior, with clinical populations
showing significant impairments in this domain, most notably hallucinatory reports …