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Nature Reviews Neuroscience 2, 539-550 (August 2001) | doi:10.1038/35086012
Correlated neuronal activity and the flow of neural information
Emilio Salinas1,2 & Terrence J. Sejnowski1,3 About the authors
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Abstract
For years we have known that cortical neurons collectively have synchronous or oscillatory patterns of activity, the frequencies and temporal dynamics of which are associated with distinct behavioural states. Although the function of these oscillations has remained obscure, recent experimental and theoretical results indicate that correlated fluctuations might be important for cortical processes, such as attention, that control the flow of information in the brain.
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Author affiliations
- Computational Neurobiology Laboratory, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, California 92037, USA Email: terry@salk.edu.
- Present address: Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Centre Boulevard, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1010, USA.
- Department of Biology, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.
