Spontaneous Gamma Activity in Schizophrenia.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

A major goal of translational neuroscience is to identify neural circuit abnormalities in neuropsychiatric disorders that can be studied in animal models to facilitate the development of new treatments. Oscillations in the gamma band (30-100 Hz) of the electroencephalogram have received considerable interest as the basic mechanisms underlying these oscillations are understood, and gamma abnormalities have been found in schizophrenia (SZ). Animal models of SZ based on hypofunction of the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) demonstrate increased spontaneous broadband gamma power, but this phenomenon has not been identified clearly in patients with SZ.

Objective

To examine spontaneous gamma power and its relationship to evoked gamma oscillations in the auditory cor

SUBMITTER: Hirano Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4768724 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature