Cortex
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 256-263 , February 2010

Sleep-dependent directional coupling between human neocortex and hippocampus

  • Tobias Wagner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn, Germany
    • Helmholtz-Institute for Radiation and Nuclear Physics, University of Bonn, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53127 Bonn, Germany.
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  • Nikolai Axmacher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn, Germany
    • Life and Brain Center for Academic Research, University of Bonn, Germany
    • ,
  • Klaus Lehnertz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn, Germany
    • Helmholtz-Institute for Radiation and Nuclear Physics, University of Bonn, Germany
    • Interdisciplinary Center for Complex Systems, University of Bonn, Germany
    • ,
  • Christian E. Elger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn, Germany
    • Life and Brain Center for Academic Research, University of Bonn, Germany
    • ,
  • Jürgen Fell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn, Germany

Received 25 November 2008 ,Revised 18 May 2009 ,Accepted 22 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2009.05.012

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Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 256-263 , February 2010

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