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标题：Theta-Modulated Gamma-Band Synchronization Among Activated Regions During a Verb Generation Task
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作者：Doesburg, Sam McLeod ; Vinette, Sarah A ; Cheung, Michael J 等
期刊名称：Frontiers in Psychology
电子版ISSN：1664-1078
出版年度：2012
卷号：3
页码：1-11
DOI：10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00195
出版社：Frontiers Media
摘要：Expressive language is complex and involves processing within a distributed network of cortical regions. Functional MRI and magnetoencephalography (MEG) have identified brain areas critical for expressive language, but how these regions communicate across the network remains poorly understood. It is thought that synchronization of oscillations between neural populations, particularly at a gamma rate (>30 Hz), underlies functional integration within cortical networks. Modulation of gamma rhythms by theta-band oscillations (4 – 8 Hz) has been proposed as a mechanism for the integration of local cell coalitions into large-scale networks underlying cognition and perception. The present study tested the hypothesis that these oscillatory mechanisms of functional integration were present within the expressive language network. We recorded MEG while subjects performed a covert verb generation task. Using beamformer analysis, we localized activated cortical regions, calculated inter-regional phase locking between activated areas, and measured modulation of inter-regional gamma synchronization by theta phase. The results show task-dependent gamma-band synchronization among regions activated during the performance of the verb generation task, and we provide evidence that these transient and periodic instances of high-frequency connectivity were modulated by the phase of cortical theta oscillations. These findings suggest that oscillatory synchronization and cross-frequency interactions are mechanisms for functional integration among distributed brain areas supporting expressive language processing.
关键词：beamformer; cross-frequency; Expressive language; functional connectivity; Magnetoencephalography; network; neural oscillation; neural synchrony