Meg-Analysis Using the Hilbert Transform

Link, Alfred; Elster, Clemens; Sander, Tilmann; Lueschow, Andreas; Curio, Gabriel; Trahms, Lutz

doi:10.1515/bmte.2002.47.s1b.577

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“…In pts. 1 and 2, the Hilbert transform on data filtered to pass only the theta band was used to obtain a continuous measure of phase (Link et al, 2002). Unfiltered CSD from all channels was averaged with respect to times where phase was –π.…”

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Laminar profile of spontaneous and evoked theta: Rhythmic modulation of cortical processing during word integration

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Theta may play a central role during language understanding and other extended cognitive processing, providing an envelope for widespread integration of participating cortical areas. We used linear microelectrode arrays in epileptics to define the circuits generating theta in inferotemporal, perirhinal, entorhinal, prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortices. In all locations, theta was generated by excitatory current sinks in middle layers which receive predominantly feedforward inputs, alternating with sinks in superficial layers which receive mainly feedback/associative inputs. Baseline and event-related theta were generated by indistinguishable laminar profiles of transmembrane currents and unit-firing. Word presentation could reset theta phase, permitting theta to contribute to late event-related potentials, even when theta power decreases relative to baseline. Limited recordings during sentence reading are consistent with rhythmic theta activity entrained by a given word modulating the neural background for the following word. These findings show that theta occurs spontaneously, and can be momentarily suppressed, reset and synchronized by words. Theta represents an alternation between feedforward/divergent and associative/convergent processing modes that may temporally organize sustained processing and optimize the timing of memory formation. We suggest that words are initially encoded via a ventral feedforward stream which is lexicosemantic in the anteroventral temporal lobe; its arrival may trigger a widespread theta rhythm which integrates the word within a larger context.

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