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| Title |
Finding synchrony in the desynchronized EEG: the history and interpretation of gamma rhythms
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnint.2013.00058 |
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| Authors |
Omar J. Ahmed, Sydney S. Cash |
| Abstract |
Neocortical gamma (30-80 Hz) rhythms correlate with attention, movement and perception and are often disrupted in neurological and psychiatric disorders. Gamma primarily occurs during alert brain states characterized by the so-called "desynchronized" EEG. Is this because gamma rhythms are devoid of synchrony? In this review we take a historical approach to answering this question. Richard Caton and Adolf Beck were the first to report the rhythmic voltage fluctuations in the animal brain. They were limited by the poor amplification of their early galvanometers. Thus when they presented light or other stimuli, they observed a disappearance of the large resting oscillations. Several groups have since shown that visual stimuli lead to low amplitude gamma rhythms and that groups of neurons in the visual cortices fire together during individual gamma cycles. This synchronous firing can more strongly drive downstream neurons. We discuss how gamma-band synchrony can support ongoing communication between brain regions, and highlight an important fact: there is at least local neuronal synchrony during gamma rhythms. Thus, it is best to refer to the low amplitude, high frequency EEG as an "activated", not "desynchronized", EEG. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | 10% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 10% |
| Italy | 1 | 10% |
| Ireland | 1 | 10% |
| United States | 1 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 10% |
| Unknown | 4 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 4 | 40% |
| Members of the public | 4 | 40% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 10% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 10% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 135 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 3% |
| Germany | 2 | 1% |
| Israel | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 127 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 30 | 22% |
| Researcher | 25 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 8% |
| Professor | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 30 | 22% |
| Unknown | 19 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience | 38 | 28% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 18 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 13% |
| Psychology | 14 | 10% |
| Engineering | 13 | 10% |
| Other | 18 | 13% |
| Unknown | 17 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 November 2023.
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