Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS): from basic mechanisms towards first applications in psychiatry

O Elyamany, G Leicht, CS Herrmann… - European Archives of …, 2021 - Springer
Transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) is a unique form of non-invasive brain
stimulation. Sinusoidal alternating electric currents are delivered to the scalp to affect mostly …

Neurophysiological and computational principles of cortical rhythms in cognition

XJ Wang - Physiological reviews, 2010 - journals.physiology.org
Synchronous rhythms represent a core mechanism for sculpting temporal coordination of
neural activity in the brain-wide network. This review focuses on oscillations in the cerebral …

Transcranial alternating current stimulation entrains single-neuron activity in the primate brain

MR Krause, PG Vieira, BA Csorba… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Spike timing is thought to play a critical role in neural computation and communication.
Methods for adjusting spike timing are therefore of great interest to researchers and …

Abnormal neural oscillations and synchrony in schizophrenia

PJ Uhlhaas, W Singer - Nature reviews neuroscience, 2010 - nature.com
Converging evidence from electrophysiological, physiological and anatomical studies
suggests that abnormalities in the synchronized oscillatory activity of neurons may have a …

Brain NMDA receptors in schizophrenia and depression

A Adell - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonists such as phencyclidine (PCP),
dizocilpine (MK-801) and ketamine have long been considered a model of schizophrenia …

Computational psychiatry

XJ Wang, JH Krystal - Neuron, 2014 - cell.com
Psychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia, arise from abnormalities in brain
systems that underlie cognitive, emotional, and social functions. The brain is enormously …

Neural synchrony in brain disorders: relevance for cognitive dysfunctions and pathophysiology

PJ Uhlhaas, W Singer - neuron, 2006 - cell.com
Following the discovery of context-dependent synchronization of oscillatory neuronal
responses in the visual system, novel methods of time series analysis have been developed …

Cortical inhibitory neurons and schizophrenia

DA Lewis, T Hashimoto, DW Volk - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2005 - nature.com
Impairments in certain cognitive functions, such as working memory, are core features of
schizophrenia. Convergent findings indicate that a deficiency in signalling through the TrkB …

Dysconnection in schizophrenia: from abnormal synaptic plasticity to failures of self-monitoring

KE Stephan, KJ Friston, CD Frith - Schizophrenia bulletin, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Over the last 2 decades, a large number of neurophysiological and neuroimaging studies of
patients with schizophrenia have furnished in vivo evidence for dysconnectivity, ie, abnormal …

Human gamma-frequency oscillations associated with attention and memory

O Jensen, J Kaiser, JP Lachaux - Trends in neurosciences, 2007 - cell.com
Both theoretical and experimental animal work supports the hypothesis that transient
oscillatory synchronization of neuronal assemblies at gamma frequencies (30–100Hz) is …