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Neuronal Gamma-Band Synchronization as a Fundamental Process in Cortical Computation
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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 time scale, of interacting networks of neurons can dramatically increase the efficacy of interneuronal communication”
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“The pattern of impairment is consistent with the view that gamma-band activity is constitutive for normal cortical functions”
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“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]”
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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
- OpenAlex
- W2157084876
- Cited by
- 1,713
- References
- 91
- Citations by year
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- 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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