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SUBMITTER: Kopell N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3048142 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kopell N N Whittington M A MA Kramer M A MA
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20110214 9
Cell assemblies have long been thought to be associated with brain rhythms, notably the gamma rhythm. Here, we use a computational model to show that the beta1 frequency band, as found in rat association cortex, has properties complementary to the gamma band for the creation and manipulation of cell assemblies. We focus on the ability of the beta1 rhythm to respond differently to familiar and novel stimuli, and to provide a framework for combining the two. Simulations predict that assemblies of ...[more]