Increased theta synchrony between the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus when subjects encoded unexpected study items. This is further evidence that theta-band (6-10 Hz) oscillations orchestrate communication between these brain areas.
Gruber, M. J., Hsieh, L. T., Staresina, B., Elger, C., Fell, J., Axmacher, N., & Ranganath, C. (2017). Theta Phase Synchronization Between The Human Hippocampus And The Prefrontal Cortex Supports Learning Of Unexpected Information. bioRxiv, 144634.
For further reading:
Brincat, S.L. and Miller, E.K. (2015) Frequency-specific hippocampal-prefrontal interactions during associative learning. Nature Neuroscience. Published online 23 Feb 2015 doi:10.1038/nn.3954. View PDF »
Brincat, S.L. and Miller, E.K (2016) Prefrontal networks shift from external to internal modes during learning Journal of Neuroscience. 36(37): 9739-9754, 2016 doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0274-16.2016. View PDF
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