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Oscillations in CNS Neurons: A Possible Role for Cortical Interneurons in the Generation of 40-Hz Oscillations

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Induced Rhythms in the Brain

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Despite unprecedented success, modern neuroscience continues to face many cardinal issues in relation to the overall nature of brain function. Among such quandaries, that of the essentially intrinsic or extrinsic organization of nervous system activity must be considered fundamental. A general approach to this problem was proposed by Immanuel Kant (1781) in relation to cognition, which he deemed to be an innate or “a prioristic” property. The opposite approach was taken by William James (1890), who viewed cognition as extrinsic in nature.

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  1. Rodolfo R. Llinás
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  1. Institute of Physiology, Medical University Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, D-2400, Lübeck 1, Germany

    Erol Başar

  2. Department of Neurosciences, 0201, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA

    Theodore H. Bullock

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Llinás, R.R. (1992). Oscillations in CNS Neurons: A Possible Role for Cortical Interneurons in the Generation of 40-Hz Oscillations. In: Başar, E., Bullock, T.H. (eds) Induced Rhythms in the Brain. Brain Dynamics. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1281-0_15

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