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  2. Neural oscillation - Wikipedia

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    Richard Caton discovered electrical activity in the cerebral hemispheres of rabbits and monkeys and presented his findings in 1875. [4] Adolf Beck published in 1890 his observations of spontaneous electrical activity of the brain of rabbits and dogs that included rhythmic oscillations altered by light, detected with electrodes directly placed on the surface of the brain. [5]

  3. Action potential - Wikipedia

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    For small voltage increases from rest, the potassium current exceeds the sodium current and the voltage returns to its normal resting value, typically −70 mV. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] However, if the voltage increases past a critical threshold, typically 15 mV higher than the resting value, the sodium current dominates.

  4. Electroencephalography - Wikipedia

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    Electroencephalography (EEG) [1] is a method to record an electrogram of the spontaneous electrical activity of the brain.The biosignals detected by EEG have been shown to represent the postsynaptic potentials of pyramidal neurons in the neocortex and allocortex. [2]

  5. Threshold potential - Wikipedia

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    The current spreads quicker in a cell with less resistance, and is more likely to reach the threshold at other portions of the neuron. [ 3 ] The threshold potential has also been shown experimentally to adapt to slow changes in input characteristics by regulating sodium channel density as well as inactivating these sodium channels overall.

  6. Excitatory synapse - Wikipedia

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    There are two different kinds of synapses present within the human brain: chemical and electrical. Chemical synapses are by far the most prevalent and are the main player involved in excitatory synapses. Electrical synapses, the minority, allow direct, passive flow of electric current through special intercellular connections called gap ...

  7. Metastability in the brain - Wikipedia

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    It has been suggested that one integral facet of brain dynamics underlying conscious thought is the brain's ability to convert seemingly noisy or chaotic signals into predictable oscillatory patterns. [2] In EEG oscillations of neural networks, neighboring waveform frequencies are correlated on a logarithmic scale rather than a linear scale. As ...

  8. Evoked potential - Wikipedia

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    They are effectively used to determine cortical ischemia during carotid endarterectomy surgeries and for mapping the sensory areas of the brain during brain surgery. Electrical stimulation of the scalp can produce an electric current within the brain that activates the motor pathways of the pyramidal tracts.

  9. Dendritic spike - Wikipedia

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    Figure A. shows the idealized phases of an action potential. Figure B. is a recording of an actual action potential N.B. Actual recordings of action potentials are often distorted compared to the schematic view because of variations in electrophysiological techniques used to make the recording.