Theta returns
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Recent physiological studies have implicated theta - a high-amplitude 4-8 Hz oscillation that is prominent in rat hippocampus during locomotion, orienting and other voluntary behaviors - in synaptic plasticity, information coding and the function of working memory. Intracranial recordings from human cortex have revealed evidence of high-amplitude theta oscillations throughout the brain, including the neocortex. Although its specific role is largely unknown, the observation of human theta has begun to reveal an intriguing connection between brain oscillations and cognitive processes.
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EEG studies have provided empirical data to sustain the predictive role played by theta oscillations in the retrieval of episodic information in wakefulness.
“EEG studies have provided empirical data to sustain the predictive role played by theta oscillations in the retrieval of episodic information both in wakefulness (Klimesch et al., 1997, 2001; Klimesch, 1999; Kahana et al., 2001; Molle et al., 2002; Guderian and Düzel, 2005; Nyhus and Curran, 2010; White et al., 2013; Hsieh and Ranganath, 2014)”
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- Authors
- Kahana, M. J., Seelig, D., & Madsen, J. R.
- Affiliations
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kahana, Michael J
- Venue
- Current Opinion in Neurobiology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2001-12
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 739-744
- ISSN
- 0959-4388 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4233052001
- Cited by
- 485
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 0.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Current Opinion in Neurobiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH55687)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Keywords
- theta oscillations, neural oscillations, hippocampus, neocortex, synaptic plasticity, working memory, information encoding, cognitive processes, intracranial recordings, locomotion
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Electroencephalography, Hippocampus, Humans, Rodentia, Mice, Rats
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