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Communication between Brain Areas Based on Nested Oscillations

Mathilde Bonnefond, Sabine Kastner and Ole Jensen
eNeuro 10 March 2017, 4 (2) ENEURO.0153-16.2017; https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0153-16.2017
Mathilde Bonnefond
1Donders Institute, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Radboud University, 6525 Nijmegen, Netherlands
2Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (CRNL), Brain Dynamics and Cognition Team, INSERM U1028, CNRS UMR5292, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, UdL, Lyon, France
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Sabine Kastner
3Princeton Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
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4University of Birmingham, School of Psychology, Centre for Human Brain Health, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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Communication between Brain Areas Based on Nested Oscillations
Mathilde Bonnefond, Sabine Kastner, Ole Jensen
eNeuro 10 March 2017, 4 (2) ENEURO.0153-16.2017; DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0153-16.2017

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Mathilde Bonnefond, Sabine Kastner, Ole Jensen
eNeuro 10 March 2017, 4 (2) ENEURO.0153-16.2017; DOI: 10.1523/ENEURO.0153-16.2017
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    • Abstract
    • Significance Statement
    • Introduction
    • The CTC and GBI Frameworks
    • A Unified Framework Based on Nested Oscillations
    • Existing Evidence and Predictions for Communication by Nested Oscillations
    • Communication Based on Nested Oscillations Could Be a General Mechanism throughout the Brain
    • Exchange of Phase-Encoded Information
    • Control of Alpha Oscillations in Relation to Cortical Layers
    • The Role of Saccades and Slower Rhythms
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Keywords

  • alpha
  • Brain Communication
  • cross-frequency coupling
  • gamma
  • Slow Oscillations
  • Theta

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