Neural Oscillations: Sustained Rhythms or Transient Burst-Events?

Freek van Ede; Andrew Quinn; Mark W. Woolrich; Anna C. Nobre

doi:10.1016/j.tins.2018.04.004

Neural Oscillations: Sustained Rhythms or Transient Burst-Events?

Freek van Ede^*, Andrew Quinn, Mark W. Woolrich, Anna C. Nobre

^*Corresponding author for this work

Psychology

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Abstract

Frequency-specific patterns of neural activity are increasingly interpreted as transient bursts of isolated events rather than as rhythmically sustained oscillations. This has potentially far-reaching implications for theories of how such oscillations originate and how they shape neural computations. As this debate unfolds, we explore alternative interpretations and ask how best to distinguish between them.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	415-417
Number of pages	3
Journal	Trends in Neurosciences
Volume	41
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2018.04.004
Publication status	Published - Jul 2018

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The authors are supported by a James S. McDonnell Foundation Understanding Human Cognition Collaborative Award 220020448, a Medical Research Council (MRC) UK MEG Partnership Grant ( MR/K005464/1 ), a Wellcome Trust Strategic Award (grant 098369/Z/12/Z ), the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre, a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship from the European Commission (FvE; ACCESS2WM), and Wellcome Trust Investigator Awards ( 106183/Z/14/Z to M.W.W, and 104571/Z/14/Z to A.C.N.). The Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging is supported by core funding from the Wellcome Trust ( 203139/Z/16/Z ).

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© 2018 The Authors

Keywords

beta oscillations
electroencephalography
frequency analysis
local field potential
magnetoencephalography
signal interpretation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Neuroscience

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