Diverse Phase Relations among Neuronal Rhythms and Their Potential Function

Eric Maris; Pascal Fries; Freek van Ede

doi:10.1016/j.tins.2015.12.004

Diverse Phase Relations among Neuronal Rhythms and Their Potential Function

Eric Maris^*, Pascal Fries, Freek van Ede

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Abstract

Neuronal oscillations at nearby sites in the brain often show phase relations that are consistent across time, yet diverse across space. We discuss recent demonstrations of this phase relation diversity, and show that, contrary to earlier beliefs, this diversity is a general property of oscillations that is neither restricted to low-frequency oscillations nor to periods outside of stimulus processing. Arguing for the computational relevance of phase relation diversity, we discuss that it can be modulated by sensory and motor events, and put forward the idea that phase relation diversity may support effective neuronal communication by (i) enhancing selectivity and (ii) allowing for the concurrent segregation of multiple information streams.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	86-99
Number of pages	14
Journal	Trends in Neurosciences
Volume	39
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tins.2015.12.004
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2016
Externally published	Yes

Funding

The authors would like to thank the two expert reviewers for their sharp and very useful input. F.v.E. was supported by The British Academy and The Royal Society (Newton International Fellowship). P.F. was supported by the Human Connectome Project (WU-Minn Consortium, National Institutes of Health grant 1U54MH091657), a European Young Investigator Award, the European Union (HEALTH F2 2008 200728) and the LOEWE program (‘Neuronale Koordination Forschungsschwerpunkt Frankfurt’).

Keywords

Correlated neuronal activity
Neuronal oscillations
Phase relations
Selective neuronal communication
Travelling waves

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