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JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 32, Issue 1, Pages 111-123Publisher
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4816-11.2012
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- Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs
- Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science
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Spatially distributed phase-amplitude coupling (PAC) is a possible mechanism for selectively routing information through neuronal networks. If so, two key properties determine its selectivity and flexibility, phase diversity over space, and frequency diversity. To investigate these issues, we analyzed 42 human electrocorticographic recordings from 27 patients performing a working memory task. We demonstrate that (1) spatially distributed PAC occurred at distances > 10 cm, (2) involved diverse preferred coupling phases, and (3) involved diverse frequencies. Using a novel technique [N-way decomposition based on the PARAFAC (for Parallel Factor analysis) model], we demonstrate that (4) these diverse phases originated mainly from the phase-providing oscillations. With these properties, PAC can be the backbone of a mechanism that is able to separate spatially distributed networks operating in parallel.
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