Gamma Frequency–Range Abnormalities to Auditory Stimulation in Schizophrenia
Author(s) -
Jun Soo Kwon,
Brian F. O′Donnell,
Gene V. Wallenstein,
Robert Greene,
Yoshio Hirayasu,
Paul G. Nestor,
Michael E. Hasselmo,
Geoffrey F. Potts,
Martha E. Shenton,
Robert W. McCarley
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.56.11.1001
Subject(s) - electroencephalography , stimulation , neuroscience , phase synchronization , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychology , audiology , inhibitory postsynaptic potential , stimulus (psychology) , synchronization (alternating current) , sensory system , medicine , computer science , psychiatry , physics , cognitive psychology , phase (matter) , computer network , channel (broadcasting) , quantum mechanics
Basic science studies at the neuronal systems level have indicated that gamma-range (30-50 Hz) neural synchronization may be a key mechanism of information processing in neural networks, reflecting integration of various features of an object. Furthermore, gamma-range synchronization is thought to depend on the glutamatergically mediated interplay between excitatory projection neurons and inhibitory neurons utilizing gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), which postmortem studies suggest may be abnormal in schizophrenia. We therefore tested whether auditory neural networks in patients with schizophrenia could support gamma-range synchronization.
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