similar to a previous study on theta activation in the ACC16, locally confined LFP theta power modulations were not as informative to predict successful top-down performance compared to interareal theta-band interactions (Fig. 4; see also ref. 16). We believe that this set of results reveal that the mere activation of theta rhythmic circuit motifs within the ACC and FEF are not sufficient to support adaptive behaviour14. Rather, these findings highlight that theta rhythmic circuit motifs need to be coordinated between areas to successfully maintain an internally generated top-down network state72634.
