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Influence of α-Oscillation Phase-dependent Exogenous Afferent Input on the Powers of Background EEG Rhythms

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The study involved 20 healthy volunteers. Visual stimuli in the form of short diffuse light flashes (50 μs) were presented to each subject for 100 times in the ascending or descending phase of ongoing oscillations corresponding to the individual-specific dominating α-rhythm frequency. An EEG was recorded from 14 leads according to the 10/20 system during the test. Stimuli presented in the ascending phase of α oscillations were found to reduce the α-rhythm power in a time period at least 1 min after stimulus presentation. Stimuli presented in the descending phase increased the α-rhythm power.

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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 18-315-00201).

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Pushkin, A.A., Sukhov, A.G. Influence of α-Oscillation Phase-dependent Exogenous Afferent Input on the Powers of Background EEG Rhythms. Hum Physiol 46, 37–43 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0362119719060100

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