Basic mechanisms of the EEG
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Basic mechanisms of the EEG
（Brain dynamics series）
Birkhäuser, c1993
- pbk. : alk. paper
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ISBN 9780817635961
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This volume is based on selected and updated papers from the symposium on "Basic Mechanisms of the EEG," which was held under the sponsor ship of the German EEG Society in Hamburg on September 28-29, 1990. The intention of this symposium was to relate recent experimental, clini cal, and neuropathological data on the basic mechanism that underlie the EEG. Although we know much about these mechanisms, there is still much more to be learned. The symposium was partly the continuation of an earlier symposium on "Origin of Cerebral Field Potentials" held in 1979 in Munster under the leadership of one of the present editors (E. -J. Speckmann) and H. Caspers. The present work combines new experimental and clinical results with state-of-the-art reports giving excellent general views. The first chapter presents a historical survey of the roots of current developments in neu rophysiology. It seems that in the near future we may decipher the EEG, which we have considered up to now somewhat as a cryptogram (chap ter 2). After chapter 3-a chapter concerned with more general points of the generation of cortical field potentials-chapters 4, 5, and 6 deal with several aspects and models of interactions and rhythms of cortical neurons. The role of glial cells in cortical electrical field generation is considered in chapter 7. Chapter 8 emphasizes the significance of brain metabolism.
Table of Contents
1 Mechanisms of EEG Generation - Historical and Present Aspects.- 2 The EEG-A Cryptogram?.- 3 Generation of Cortical Field Potentials.- 4 Propagation of Electrical Activity: Nonlinear Associations and Time Delays between EEG Signals.- 5 Tests of a New Model for Normal and Abnormal EEG Phenomena.- 6 Chaotic EEG Dynamics, Alpha and Gamma Rhythms Related to Brain Function.- 7 Glial and Neuronal Generators of Sustained Potential Shifts Associated with Electrographic Seizures.- 8 Is the EEG Correlated with the Brain Metabolism and Cerebral Blood Flow?.- 9 Functional Anatomy of the Thalamus.- 10 Intracellular Studies of Thalamic Neurons Generating Sleep Delta Waves and Fast (40-Hz) Oscillations during Arousal.- 11 Relations between the EEG of the Cortex, Thalamus, and Periaqueductal Gray in Patients Suffering from Epilepsy and Pain Syndromes.- 12 Alpha Activity of NREM Sleep.- 13 Transmitter Systems in Neo- and Archicortical Structures.- 14 Control of Vigilance and Behavior by Ascending Serotonergic Systems.- 15 The Neuropathology of the So-called Alpha-Pattern Coma.- 16 EEG Changes in Brain Stem Dysfunctions.- 17 Morphological and Functional Maturation of the Brain. Possible Relations to Different EEG Generators.- 18 Multivariate Statistical Methods and Their Capability to Demarcate Psychophysiologically and Neurophysiologically Sound Frequency Components of Human Scalp EEG.- Keyword Index.
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pbk. : alk. paper ISBN 9783764335960
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What is the source of the electroencephalogram, or "EEG", the human electrical brain activity that manifests itself in scalp recordings? Although encephalography is still one of the most widely-used measurement techniques in neurological diagnostics and neurophysiological research, the generators in the brain of the EEG recordings are still widely unknown. This volume, commemorating the discovery of EEG by Hans Berger, brings together the latest ideas and findings of international experts in neurological and neurophysiological research. Combining new scientific findings with thorough state-of-the-art reviews of the basic mechanisms of the EEG, the chapters examine the relationships between cortical single-cell activity and EEG, the significance of subcortical structures and transmitter systems to the dynamics of the EEG, the generation of cortical field potentials, the relevance of glial cell activities and cell metabolism to EEG. These relationships are explored in their neurophysiological, clinical and neuropathological aspects.
Table of Contents
- Mechanisms of EEG generation - historical and actual aspects, Heinz Caspers
- the EEG - a cryptogram, Hellmuth Petsche
- generation of cortical field potentials, E.-J. Speckmann and U. Altrup
- propagation of electrical activity - nonlinear associations and time delays between EEG signals, Jan Pieter Pijn and Fernando Lopes da Silva
- tests of a new model for normal and abnormal EEG phenomena, John S. Barlow
- chaotic EEG dynamics, alpha and gamma rhythms related to brain function, Erol Basar et al
- glial and neuronal generators of sustained potential shifts associated with electrographic seizures, George G. Somjen
- is the EEG correlated with the brain metabolism and cerebral blood flow?, Wolfgang Kuschinsky
- functional anatomy of the thalamus, W. Lierse
- intracellular studies of thalamic neurons generating sleep delta waves and fast (40 Hz) oscillations during arousal, Mircea Steriade et al
- relations between the EEG of the cortex, thalamus and periaqueductal gray in patients suffering from epilepsy and pain syndromes, H.G. Wieser and A.M. Siegel
- the alpha activity of NREM sleep, Wolfgang Scheuler et al.
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