Spontaneous ultra-slow oscillations in brain signals are ubiquitous, although their source and function remain unknown. A new study now reports that this activity is correlated between functionally related areas across hemispheres in humans.
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Drew, P., Duyn, J., Golanov, E. et al. Finding coherence in spontaneous oscillations. Nat Neurosci 11, 991–993 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn0908-991
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