Neuronal activity in the brain gives rise to transmembrane currents that can be measured in
the extracellular medium. Although the major contributor of the extracellular signal is the …

Electroencephalography (EEG) has been instrumental in making discoveries about
cognition, brain function, and dysfunction. However, where do EEG signals come from and …

Social interaction is a complex behavior essential for many species and is impaired in major
neuropsychiatric disorders. Pharmacological studies have implicated certain …

What mechanisms underlie flexible inter-areal communication in the cortex? We consider
four mechanisms for temporal coordination and their contributions to communication:(1) …

Inter-areal coherence between field potentials is a widespread phenomenon in cortex.
Coherence has been hypothesized to reflect phase-synchronization between oscillators and …

The past decade has witnessed a renewed interest in cortical local field potentials (LFPs)—
that is, extracellularly recorded potentials with frequencies of up to∼ 500 Hz. This is due to …

Dendrites have always fascinated researchers: from the artistic drawings by Ramon y Cajal
to the beautiful recordings of today, neuroscientists have been striving to unravel the …

The intracerebral local field potential (LFP) is a measure of brain activity that reflects the
highly dynamic flow of information across neural networks. This is a composite signal that …

New technologies to record electrical activity from the brain on a massive scale offer
tremendous opportunities for discovery. Electrical measurements of large-scale brain …

Structural rules underlying functional properties of cortical circuits are poorly understood. To
explore these rules systematically, we integrated information from extensive literature …