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The relation between impulse and tonic components in the electroencephalogram

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The author describes a method for recording both the electroencephalogram and the summed impulse activity from the same point on the cerebral cortex. As established by experiments on rabbits, a change in the EEG always precedes clear-cut changes in the summed impulse activity. Intensification of the impulse, activity was observed against a background of desynchronization and against a background of “regular rhythm.” This leads to the conclusion that the EEG is not the result of algebraic summation of the impulse activity of a large number of nerve cells.

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  1. Laboratory of General Physiology of the Central Nervous System, Institute of Normal and Pathological Physiology, AMN SSSR, Moscow

    V. A. Polyantsev

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Polyantsev, V.A. The relation between impulse and tonic components in the electroencephalogram. Bull Exp Biol Med 50, 766–769 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00784565

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