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Neuronal Gamma-Band Synchronization as a Fundamental Process in Cortical Computation

Fries, Pascal·2009·Annual Review of Neuroscience
DOI 10.1146/annurev.neuro.051508.135603
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Neuronal gamma-band synchronization is found in many cortical areas, is induced by different stimuli or tasks, and is related to several cognitive capacities. Thus, it appears as if many different gamma-band synchronization phenomena subserve many different functions. I argue that gamma-band synchronization is a fundamental process that subserves an elemental operation of cortical computation. Cortical computation unfolds in the interplay between neuronal dynamics and structural neuronal connectivity. A core motif of neuronal connectivity is convergence, which brings about both selectivity and invariance of neuronal responses. However, those core functions can be achieved simultaneously only if converging neuronal inputs are functionally segmented and if only one segment is selected at a time. This segmentation and selection can be elegantly achieved if structural connectivity interacts with neuronal synchronization. I propose that this process is at least one of the fundamental functions of gamma-band synchronization, which then subserves numerous higher cognitive functions.

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  • Increases in temporal precision and synchronization on a millisecond timescale of interacting neuronal networks can dramatically increase the efficacy of interneuronal communication.

    “Increases in temporal precision and synchronization, on a millisecond time scale, of interacting networks of neurons can dramatically increase the efficacy of interneuronal communication”

    From Waking state: rapid variations modulate neural and behavioral responses (2015) · cites this paper as Fries, 2009

  • The pattern of impairment is consistent with the view that gamma-band activity is constitutive for normal cortical functions, the disturbance of which leads to disruption of a wide spectrum of cognitive deficits.

    “The pattern of impairment is consistent with the view that gamma-band activity is constitutive for normal cortical functions”

    From Neuronal Dynamics and Neuropsychiatric Disorders: Toward a Translational Paradigm for Dysfunctional Large-Scale Networks (2012) · cites this paper as Fries, 2009

  • Phase synchronization depends critically on E/I balance.

    “This phenomenon depends critically on E/I balance and is thought to provide a temporal code that underpins coherent perception, thought, and action (the “binding problem”), which has now been observed within and between distributed brain structures during rest, encoding, and higher-order cognition.[54][55][56]”

    From Are hallucinations due to an imbalance between excitatory and inhibitory influences on the brain? (2016) · cites this paper as [56]

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Authors
Fries, P.
Affiliations
Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
Corresponding author
Fries, Pascal
ORCID
Fries, Pascal
Venue
Annual Review of Neuroscience
Publisher
Annual Reviews
Published
2009-06-01
Volume
32
Issue
1
Pages
209-224
ISSN
  • 0147-006X (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-4126
DOI
10.1146/annurev.neuro.051508.135603
OpenAlex
W2157084876
Cited by
1,713
References
91
Citations by year
2026: 72 · 2025: 94 · 2024: 91 · 2023: 80 · 2022: 86 · 2021: 112 · 2020: 97 · 2019: 144 · 2018: 90 · 2017: 125 · 2016: 127 · 2015: 129 · 2014: 104 · 2013: 103 · 2012: 105
FWCI
6.52
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Annual Review of Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society) (submittedVersion)
  • Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
Keywords
gamma-band synchronization, cortical computation, neuronal connectivity, convergence, functional segregation, neural dynamics, structural connectivity, cognitive function, neural oscillations
MeSH terms
Action Potentials, Animals, Cerebral Cortex, Cognition, Cortical Synchronization, Evoked Potentials, Humans, Mental Processes, Nerve Net, Neural Pathways, Neurons, Periodicity

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