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A human intracranial study of long-range oscillatory coherence across a frontal-occipital-hippocampal brain network during visual object processing.

ABSTRACT: Visual object-recognition is thought to involve activation of a distributed network of cortical regions, nodes of which include the lateral prefrontal cortex, the so-called lateral occipital complex (LOC), and the hippocampal formation. It has been proposed that long-range oscillatory synchronization is a major mode of coordinating such a distributed network. Here, intracranial recordings were made from three humans as they performed a challenging visual object-recognition task that required them to identify barely recognizable fragmented line-drawings of common objects. Subdural electrodes were placed over the prefrontal cortex and LOC, and depth electrodes were placed within the hippocampal formation. Robust beta-band coherence was evident in all subjects during processing of recognizable fragmented images. Significantly lower coherence was evident during processing of unrecognizable scrambled versions of the same. The results indicate that transient beta-band oscillatory coupling between these three distributed cortical regions may reflect a mechanism for effective communication during visual object processing.

SUBMITTER: Sehatpour P

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2393806 | biostudies-other | 2008 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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A human intracranial study of long-range oscillatory coherence across a frontal-occipital-hippocampal brain network during visual object processing.

Sehatpour Pejman P Molholm Sophie S Schwartz Theodore H TH Mahoney Jeannette R JR Mehta Ashesh D AD Javitt Daniel C DC Stanton Patric K PK Foxe John J JJ

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20080311 11

Visual object-recognition is thought to involve activation of a distributed network of cortical regions, nodes of which include the lateral prefrontal cortex, the so-called lateral occipital complex (LOC), and the hippocampal formation. It has been proposed that long-range oscillatory synchronization is a major mode of coordinating such a distributed network. Here, intracranial recordings were made from three humans as they performed a challenging visual object-recognition task that required the ...[more]

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A human intracranial study of long-range oscillatory coherence across a frontal-occipital-hippocampal brain network during visual object processing.

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