Direct electrophysiological measurement of human default network areas.

Miller, Kai J; Weaver, Kurt E; Ojemann, Jeffrey G · Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A · 2009

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Neuroimaging-based investigations in humans have established the existence of brain regions that are selectively metabolically active while resting. We report a population-scale neurophysiological measurement of activity in regions of this "default network," by recording high-frequency power (76-200 Hz) electrical potentials directly from these regions in three human subjects. A selective increase observed during only resting, when compared with activity, firmly establishes a neuronal origin for default network phenomena.

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