Beta-band oscillations--signalling the status quo?
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Beta-band oscillations--signalling the status quo? / Engel, Andreas K; Fries, Pascal.
in: CURR OPIN NEUROBIOL, Jahrgang 20, Nr. 2, 01.04.2010, S. 156-65.Publikationen: SCORING: Beitrag in Fachzeitschrift/Zeitung › SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz › Forschung › Begutachtung
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T1 - Beta-band oscillations--signalling the status quo?
AU - Engel, Andreas K
AU - Fries, Pascal
N1 - (c) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
PY - 2010/4/1
Y1 - 2010/4/1
N2 - In this review, we consider the potential functional role of beta-band oscillations, which at present is not yet well understood. We discuss evidence from recent studies on top-down mechanisms involved in cognitive processing, on the motor system and on the pathophysiology of movement disorders that suggest a unifying hypothesis: beta-band activity seems related to the maintenance of the current sensorimotor or cognitive state. We hypothesize that beta oscillations and/or coupling in the beta-band are expressed more strongly if the maintenance of the status quo is intended or predicted, than if a change is expected. Moreover, we suggest that pathological enhancement of beta-band activity is likely to result in an abnormal persistence of the status quo and a deterioration of flexible behavioural and cognitive control.
AB - In this review, we consider the potential functional role of beta-band oscillations, which at present is not yet well understood. We discuss evidence from recent studies on top-down mechanisms involved in cognitive processing, on the motor system and on the pathophysiology of movement disorders that suggest a unifying hypothesis: beta-band activity seems related to the maintenance of the current sensorimotor or cognitive state. We hypothesize that beta oscillations and/or coupling in the beta-band are expressed more strongly if the maintenance of the status quo is intended or predicted, than if a change is expected. Moreover, we suggest that pathological enhancement of beta-band activity is likely to result in an abnormal persistence of the status quo and a deterioration of flexible behavioural and cognitive control.
KW - Animals
KW - Beta Rhythm
KW - Biological Clocks
KW - Brain
KW - Cognition
KW - Humans
KW - Motor Cortex
KW - Movement
KW - Movement Disorders
KW - Nerve Net
KW - Periodicity
KW - Psychomotor Performance
U2 - 10.1016/j.conb.2010.02.015
DO - 10.1016/j.conb.2010.02.015
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 20359884
VL - 20
SP - 156
EP - 165
JO - CURR OPIN NEUROBIOL
JF - CURR OPIN NEUROBIOL
SN - 0959-4388
IS - 2
ER -