i'll give it a read, but only to satisfy folks that what folks 'think' are
"oscillations" are, in fact, what i described in my prior post.
else i'll 'eat my hat' :-)
be back later this evening.
Thanks for posting the ref., Ron.
k. p. collins
"Ron Blue" wrote in message <089e01c23339$ac568920$ce02030a at rblue>...
>Hutcheon, B. and Yarom, Y. (2000). Resonance, oscillation and the
intrinsic
>frequency preferences of neurons. Trends in Neuroscience, vol 23, No.5,
>216-222.
>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "mat" <mats_trash at hotmail.com>
>To: <neur-sci at hgmp.mrc.ac.uk>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 6:35 AM
>Subject: oscillations
>>>> Im reading around the literature on nerual oscillations given the
>> current vogue for explaining many aspects of function (binding
>> problem, consciousness) through them. However, I'm a little confused
>> as to what is actually referred to by 'oscillation' (i.e. what is
>> oscillating?). Is it the fluctuation of resting membrane potentials
>> or is it more about the sequential firing of spatially distributed at
>> certain frequencies. i.e. given neurons A, B Is the oscillation
>> A-B-A-B-A-B
>>>> Cheers for any explanations or refs to that effect.
>>>>---
