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Interaction between neocortical and hippocampal networks via slow oscillations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 March 2007

Anton Sirota
Affiliation:
Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 197 University Avenue, Newark, USA
György Buzsáki
Affiliation:
Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 197 University Avenue, Newark, USA

Abstract

Both the thalamocortical and limbic systems generate a variety of brain state-dependent rhythms but the relationship between the oscillatory families is not well understood. Transfer of information across structures can be controlled by oscillations. We suggest that slow oscillation of the neocortex, which was discovered by Mircea Steriade, temporally coordinates the self-organized oscillations in the neocortex, entorhinal cortex, subiculum and hippocampus. Transient coupling between rhythms can guide bidirectional information transfer among these structures and might serve to consolidate memory traces.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2007 Cambridge University Press

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