Abstract

Mesoscopicbraindynamicsusually refers to theneuralactivity or dynamics at intermediate scales of thenervous system, at levels between neurons and the entire brain. It is commonly considered to relate to the dynamics of cortical neural networks, typically on the spatial order of a few millimeters to centimeters, and temporally on the order of milliseconds to seconds. It is usually the type of dynamics that can be measured by methods such as ECoG (electrocorticography),EEG(electroencephalography), LFP (local field potentials) orMEG(magnetoencephalography). Indeed, the terminology can be used in relative terms, where “meso” just indicates that the scale of interest is in between the “micro” and the “macro”.

Published in

Scholarpedia
2012, Volume: 7, number: 9, article number: 4601

SLU Authors

• Liljenström, Hans

  • Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
Computer Vision and Robotics (Autonomous Systems)
Neurosciences
Other Biological Topics


Publication Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4249/scholarpedia.4601

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/65152