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Neuroscience research spans multiple spatiotemporal scales, from subsecond dynamics of individual neurons to the slow coordination of billions of neurons during resting state and sleep. Here it is shown that a single functionalprinciple--temporal fluctuations in oscillation peak frequency ("frequency sliding")--can be used as a common analysis approach to bridge multiple scales within neuroscience. Frequency sliding is demonstrated in simulated neural networks and in human EEG data during a visual task. Simulations of biophysically detailed neuron models show that frequency sliding modulates spike threshold and timing variability, as well as coincidence detection. Finally, human resting-state EEG data demonstrate that frequency sliding occurs endogenously and can be used to identify large-scale networks. Frequency sliding appears to be a general principle that regulates brain function on multiple spatial and temporal scales, from modulating spike timing in individual neurons to coordinatinglarge-scale brain networks during cognition and resting state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |