Abstract
The aim of the current study was to investigate the prepulse inhibition (PPI) of auditory-evoked delta, alpha, and gamma oscillations. Concurrent EEG and auditory startle reflex were recorded from 15 healthy participants during Pulse-Alone and Prepulse + Pulse trials with 60, 120, and 240 ms prepulse-pulse intervals. A significant PPI of the startle reflex on all Prepulse + Pulse trials was associated with a significant PPI of alpha oscillations at central and temporal locations and of gamma oscillations at frontal, central, and temporal locations on some Prepulse + Pulse trials. PPI of delta oscillations was not observed. These results confirm our recent finding stating that PPI functions as a sensory–motor as well as a sensory–cognitive gating mechanism because alpha and gamma oscillations mediate cognitive processes.
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