Caltech scientists reveal how neuronal activity is timed in brain's memory-making circuits
Friday, May 29, 2009 - 12:35
in Psychology & Sociology
PASADENA, Calif.?Theta oscillations are a type of prominent brain rhythm that orchestrates neuronal activity in the hippocampus, a brain area critical for the formation of new memories. For several decades these oscillations were believed to be "in sync" across the hippocampus, timing the firing of neurons like a sort of central pacemaker.