Basic Mechanisms of the EEG

1 Mechanisms of EEG Generation - Historical and Present Aspects.- 2 The EEG-A Cryptogram?.- 3 Generation of Cortical Field Potentials.- 4 Propagation of Electrical Activity: Nonlinear Associations and Time Delays between EEG Signals.- 5 Tests of a New Model for Normal and Abnormal EEG Phenomena.- 6 Chaotic EEG Dynamics, Alpha and Gamma Rhythms Related to Brain Function.- 7 Glial and Neuronal Generators of Sustained Potential Shifts Associated with Electrographic Seizures.- 8 Is the EEG Correlated with the Brain Metabolism and Cerebral Blood Flow?.- 9 Functional Anatomy of the Thalamus.- 10 Intracellular Studies of Thalamic Neurons Generating Sleep Delta Waves and Fast (40-Hz) Oscillations during Arousal.- 11 Relations between the EEG of the Cortex, Thalamus, and Periaqueductal Gray in Patients Suffering from Epilepsy and Pain Syndromes.- 12 Alpha Activity of NREM Sleep.- 13 Transmitter Systems in Neo- and Archicortical Structures.- 14 Control of Vigilance and Behavior by Ascending Serotonergic Systems.- 15 The Neuropathology of the So-called Alpha-Pattern Coma.- 16 EEG Changes in Brain Stem Dysfunctions.- 17 Morphological and Functional Maturation of the Brain. Possible Relations to Different EEG Generators.- 18 Multivariate Statistical Methods and Their Capability to Demarcate Psychophysiologically and Neurophysiologically Sound Frequency Components of Human Scalp EEG.- Keyword Index.

Prof. Dr. Erwin-Josef Speckmann ist em. Professor für Neurophysiologie an der Universität Münster, wo er weiterhin seine experimentelle wissenschaftliche Arbeit fortsetzt. Er gehört zu den weltweit führenden Hirnforschern. Zahlreiche nationale und internationale Wissenschaftspreise. Fortlaufend Einzelausstellungen seiner Bilder und Skulpturen. Seit 2003 Lehrauftrag an der Kunstakademie Münster.