Making Waves in the Brain

Terry Sejnowski
(UCSD)
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Date: May 22, 2017
Description:
Traveling waves of electrical activity have been observed in the hippocampus and cortex, but their origin and function is unknown. Two recent studies will be presented on 10-14 Hz cortical circular traveling waves during sleep spindles in humans and 4-10 Hz cortical traveling waves in awake and behaving monkeys. They point toward a new class of globally organized activity in the brain.
Created: Wednesday, May 24th, 2017