Neuronal Mechanisms and Attentional Modulation of Corticothalamic Alpha Oscillations

• Published in: The Journal of neuroscience Vol. 31; no. 13; pp. 4935 - 4943
• Main Authors: Bollimunta, Anil, Mo, Jue, Schroeder, Charles E., Ding, Mingzhou
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Society for Neuroscience 30.03.2011
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation - methods; Alpha Rhythm - physiology; Animals; Attention - physiology; Cerebral Cortex - cytology; Cerebral Cortex - physiology; Macaca fascicularis; Male; Neural Pathways - physiology; Neurons - physiology; Thalamus - cytology; Thalamus - physiology

Field potential oscillations in the ∼10 Hz range are known as the alpha rhythm. The genesis and function of alpha has been the subject of intense investigation for the past 80 years. Whereas early work focused on the thalamus as the pacemaker of alpha rhythm, subsequent slice studies revealed that p...