Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

A hybrid micro-ECoG for functionally targeted multi-site and multi-scale investigation.

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology·2026
Same author

Riemannian geometry boosts functional near-infrared spectroscopy-based brain-state classification accuracy.

Neurophotonics·2025
Same author

Sensitive and specific fNIRS-based approach for awareness detection in disorders of consciousness: proof of principle in healthy adults.

Neurophotonics·2025
Same author

Comparing genuine and sham surgery for sacroiliac joint pain using self-assessments, pain testing, and neuroimaging.

Pain reports·2025
Same author

In vivo magnetic recording of single-neuron action potentials.

Journal of neurophysiology·2025
Same author

Surprising effects of stimulus repetition on neuronal firing rates and gamma-band synchronization in awake macaque V1.

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology·2025
Same journal

Endogenous peptide derived from c-Cbl-associated protein counteracts its inhibitory effect on enteric neural crest cell colonization in Hirschsprung disease.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience·2026
Same journal

Drowsiness alters the neural dynamics but not the core computations of multisensory integration.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience·2026
Same journal

A Matter of Parameters: Tailored Transcranial Focused Ultrasound Enhances Cortico-Thalamo-Cortical Circuit Resonance.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience·2026
Same journal

Proactive visual and motor prioritization differentially scale with cue reliability.

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience·2026
Same journal

Erratum: Yao et al., "Estrogen Regulates Bcl-w and Bim Expression: Role in Protection against β-Amyloid Peptide-Induced Neuronal Death".

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience·2026
Same journal

Erratum: L'Episcopo et al., "Plasticity of Subventricular Zone Neuroprogenitors in MPTP (1-Methyl-4-Phenyl-1,2,3,6-Tetrahydropyridine) Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease Involves Cross Talk between Inflammatory and Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Pathways: Functional Consequences for Neuroprotection and Repair".

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience·2026
See all related articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Mar 1, 2026

How to Create and Use Binocular Rivalry
14:34

How to Create and Use Binocular Rivalry

Published on: November 10, 2010

76.9K

Top-Down Beta Enhances Bottom-Up Gamma.

Craig G Richter1, William H Thompson2,3, Conrado A Bosman4,5

  • 1Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society, 60528 Frankfurt, Germany, craig.richter@esi-frankfurt.de pascal.fries@esi-frankfurt.de.

The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience
|June 9, 2017
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Top-down beta-band brainwave activity from the parietal cortex enhances bottom-up gamma-band signaling in visual areas during attention. This cross-frequency interaction shows how attention selects visual stimuli by modulating neural processing.

Keywords:
Granger causalityattentionbetagammaoscillationsynchronization

More Related Videos

Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation of the Posterior Medial Frontal Cortex to Experimentally Reduce Ideological Threat Responses
06:42

Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation of the Posterior Medial Frontal Cortex to Experimentally Reduce Ideological Threat Responses

Published on: September 28, 2018

12.3K
Optogenetic Entrainment of Hippocampal Theta Oscillations in Behaving Mice
07:33

Optogenetic Entrainment of Hippocampal Theta Oscillations in Behaving Mice

Published on: June 29, 2018

12.4K

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Mar 1, 2026

How to Create and Use Binocular Rivalry
14:34

How to Create and Use Binocular Rivalry

Published on: November 10, 2010

76.9K
Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation of the Posterior Medial Frontal Cortex to Experimentally Reduce Ideological Threat Responses
06:42

Continuous Theta Burst Stimulation of the Posterior Medial Frontal Cortex to Experimentally Reduce Ideological Threat Responses

Published on: September 28, 2018

12.3K
Optogenetic Entrainment of Hippocampal Theta Oscillations in Behaving Mice
07:33

Optogenetic Entrainment of Hippocampal Theta Oscillations in Behaving Mice

Published on: June 29, 2018

12.4K

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Systems Neuroscience

Background:

  • Bottom-up visual stimulus processing is linked to gamma-band synchronization.
  • Top-down attentional control is associated with alpha-beta band synchronization.
  • Cross-frequency interactions may link top-down and bottom-up neural processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the causal relationship between top-down and bottom-up neural oscillations.
  • To determine if cross-frequency interactions mediate attentional control of visual stimulus processing.
  • To examine Granger-causal influences between visual and parietal areas during attention.

Main Methods:

  • Recorded neural activity in macaque monkeys performing an attentional task.
  • Analyzed Granger-causal influences between primary visual area V1, area V4, and area 7a.
  • Investigated synchronization in gamma, beta, and alpha frequency bands.

Main Results:

  • Top-down beta-band influences from area 7a to V1 enhanced bottom-up V1-to-V4 gamma-band influences.
  • This enhancement was spatially specific and dependent on the timing of beta and gamma activity.
  • Beta-band activity preceding gamma-band activity by approximately 0.1 seconds showed the strongest effect.

Conclusions:

  • Cross-frequency interaction between top-down beta and bottom-up gamma bands mechanistically supports attentional selection.
  • Top-down beta-band influences directly enhance feedforward gamma-band processing of attended stimuli.
  • This mechanism explains how spatial attention modulates stimulus processing in the visual cortex.