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cat visual-cortex
hippocampal theta-oscillations
gamma-oscillations
in-vivo
neuronal oscillations
high-frequency
human sleep
electroencephalogram eeg
phase synchronization
neocortical neurons
Abstract:
Despite the several-thousand-fold increase of brain volume during the course of mammalian evolution, the hierarchy of brain oscillations remains remarkably preserved, allowing for multiple-time-scale communication within and across neuronal networks at approximately the same speed, irrespective of brain size. Deployment of large-diameter axons of long-range neurons could be a key factor in the preserved time management in growing brains. We discuss the consequences of such preserved network constellation in mental disease, drug discovery, and interventional therapies.
