Main description:

The purpose of this work is to review recent findings highlighting the mechanisms and functions of the neuronal oscillations that structure brain activity across the sleep-wake cycle. An increasing number of studies conducted in humans and animals, and using a variety of techniques ranging from intracellular recording to functional neuroimaging, has provided important insight into the mechanisms and functional properties of these brain rhythms. Studies of these rhythms are fundamental not only for basic neuroscience, but also for clinical neuroscience. At the basic science level, neuronal oscillations shape the interactions between different areas of the brain and profoundly impact neural responses to the environment, thereby mediating the processing of information in the brain. At the clinical level, brain oscillations are affected in numerous neurological conditions and might provide useful biomarkers that inform about patients' evolution and vulnerability. During sleep, these brain rhythms could provide functional support to internal states that govern the basic maintenance of local circuit and systemic interactions. During wake, the rhythmicity of cortical and subcortical circuits have been linked with sensory processing, cognitive operations, and preparation for action. This book will attempt to link together these sleep and wake functional roles at the level of neuroimaging and electroencephalographic measures, local field potentials, and even at the cellular level.

Contents:

Foreword Gibson and Graybiel TK Introduction

PART 1: WAKEFULNESS

Chapter 1.Exploring Oscillations in Expert Sensorimotor Anticipation: the Tennis Return of Serve

Richard Courtemanche*, Daniela Popa,and Clement Lena

Chapter 2. Theta Rhythm in Hippocampus and Cognition

Benedicte Amilhon,Guillaume Ducharme, Jesse Jackson, Romain Goutagny and Sylvain Williams*

Chapter 3.Oscillations and Synchrony in Attention

Christian Keitel, Gregor Thut, and Joachim Gross*

Chapter 4. Pathological High-Frequency Oscillations in Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy

Maxime Levesque*, Charles Behr, Jean Gotman, and Massimo Avoli

PART TWO: SLEEP

Chapter 5. Cellular Mechanisms of Thalamocortical Oscillations in the Sleeping Brain

Igor Timofeev*,Maxime E. Bonjean, and MaksimBazhenov

Chapter 6. Neuroimaging of Brain Oscillations During Human Sleep

Ali Salimi, Aurore A. Perrault, Victoria Zhang, Soufiane Boucetta, and Thien Thanh Dang-Vu*

Chapter 7. A Role for Neuronal Oscillations of Sleep in Memory and Cognition

Lisa Marshall

Chapter 8. Sleep Oscillations and Aging

ValyaSergeeva, Jeremy Viczko, Adrian M. Owen, and Stuart M. Fogel*

Chapter 9. Sleep Oscillations and Psychiatric Disorders

Fabio Ferrarelli*and Giulio Tononi