Hypotheses relating to the function of the claustrum
Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience May 22, 2014 John eSmythies, Lawrence eEdelstein, Vilayanur eRamachandran
This paper present a new hypothesis as to the function of the claustrum. Our basic premise is that the claustrum functions as a detector and integrator of synchrony in the axonal trains in its afferent inputs. In the first place an unexpected stimulus sets up a processed signal to the sensory cortex that initiates a focus of synchronized gamma oscillations therein. This focus may then interact...