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Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2012

Mesoscopic Brain Dynamics

Liljenström, Hans
Liljenström, Hans (ed.)

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

    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

    Permanent link to this page (URI)

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