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Finding coherence in spontaneous oscillations

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Spontaneous ultra-slow oscillations in brain signals are ubiquitous, although their source and function remain unknown. A new study now reports that this activity is correlated between functionally related areas across hemispheres in humans.

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Figure 1: Measurements and analysis of ultra-slow variations in the power of the human γ-band.
Figure 2: Two levels of interaction, with supporting data, that can lead to synchronous electrical activity across hemispheres.

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  1. Patrick J Drew and David Kleinfeld are in the Department of Physics, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, Califorina 92093-0374, USA.,

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  2. Jeff H Duyn is a member of the Advanced MRI Section, Laboratory of Functional and Molecular Imaging, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.,

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  3. Eugene Golanov is in the Extramural Research Program, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. dk@physics.ucsd.edu.,

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