Propagating neocortical gamma bursts are coordinated by traveling alpha waves. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Neocortical neuronal activity is characterized by complex spatiotemporal dynamics. Although slow oscillations have been shown to travel over space in terms of consistent phase advances, it is unknown how this phenomenon relates to neuronal activity in other frequency bands. We here present electrocorticographic data from three male and one female human subject and demonstrate that gamma power is phase locked to traveling alpha waves. Given that alpha activity has been proposed to coordinate neuronal processing reflected in the gamma band, we suggest that alpha waves are involved in coordinating neuronal processing in both space and time.

publication date

  • November 27, 2013

Research

keywords

  • Alpha Rhythm
  • Electroencephalography
  • Neocortex

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC4262700

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84888234838

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.3389/fnhum.2010.00191

PubMed ID

  • 24285891

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 33

issue

  • 48