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Dynamic characteristics of the human resonance EEG responses to rhythmic photostimulation

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The development of the resonance EEG responses of the left and right occipital areas was studied in right-handed men during prolonged (12 or 120 s) rhythmic, photostimulation with the intensity of 0.7 J and frequencies of 6, 10, and 16 Hz. Analysis of the EEG fine spectral structure was applied to compare the accumulated baseline EEG spectra and EEG spectra during photostimulation, to observe the dynamics of the short-term spectra and to detect power changes in the EEG narrow spectral band sharply coincident with the stimulation frequency. The more pronounced EEG responses to photostimulation were observed in subjects with the initially low EEG baseline, α-rhythm. Two-minute flash trains produced a substantial increase in the EEG power within the stimulation frequency with superposed oscillatory processes with different periods. These fluctuations are considered a reflection of intricate interaction between the adaptive and resonance EEG responses to the presented intermittent stimulation. Under 12-s stimulation the resonance EEG responses are steadily recorded within the first 3 s of stimulation and immediately after the flash cessation EEG power at the stimulation frequency returns to the initial level. The resonance EEG responses were more pronounced in the right hemisphere than in the left one, especially, at the stimulation frequencies of 6 and 16 Hz. With increasing the stimulation frequency, the maximum of resonance EEG responses was reached earlier. Under the stimulation frequency of 6 Hz, the maximal response was recorded 9–12 s after the beginning of flashes, at the frequencies of 10 and 16 Hz, it was recorded within 3–6 and 3 s, respectively.

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    A. I. Fedotchev, A. T. Bondar’ & I. G. Akoev

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Fedotchev, A.I., Bondar’, A.T. & Akoev, I.G. Dynamic characteristics of the human resonance EEG responses to rhythmic photostimulation. Hum Physiol 26, 179–186 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02760089

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