1. Neocortical synchronization.
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Timofeev, Igor, Bazhenov, Maksim, Seigneur, Joseé, and Sejnowski, Terrence
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EPILEPSY , *BRAIN diseases , *NEUROLOGY , *DEVELOPMENTAL disabilities , *ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY - Abstract
Neuronal synchronization occurs when two or more neuronal events are coordinated across time. Local synchronization produces field potentials. Long-range synchronization between distant brain sites contributes to the electroencephalogram. Neuronal synchronization depends on synaptic (chemical/electrical), ephaptic, and extracellular interactions. For an expanded treatment of this topic see Jasper's Basic Mechanisms of the Epilepsies, Fourth Edition (Noebels JL, Avoli M, Rogawski MA, Olsen RW, Delgado-Escueta AV, eds) published by Oxford University Press (available on the National Library of Medicine Bookshelf [NCBI] at ). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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