Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Reserved Physical Symbols and Quantities
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Charges, Currents, Fields, and Potentials in the Brain
- 3 Neural Dynamics
- 4 Volume-Conductor Theory
- 5 Conductivity of Brain Tissue
- 6 Schemes for Computing Extracellular Potentials
- 7 Spikes
- 8 Local Field Potentials (LFPs)
- 9 Electroencephalography (EEG)
- 10 Electrocorticography (ECoG)
- 11 Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
- 12 Diffusion Potentials in Brain Tissue
- 13 Final Comments and Outlook
- Appendix A Frequency-Dependent Length Constant
- Appendix B Derivation of the Current-Dipole Approximation
- Appendix C Electric Stimulation
- Appendix D Derivation of the Point-Source Equation for Anisotropic Medium
- Appendix E Statistical Measures
- Appendix F Fourier-Based Analyses
- Appendix G Derivation of Formulas for Population Signals
- Appendix H Equations for Computing Magnetic Fields
- Appendix I Derivation of the MC+ED Scheme
- References
- Index
1 - Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 May 2024
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Reserved Physical Symbols and Quantities
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Charges, Currents, Fields, and Potentials in the Brain
- 3 Neural Dynamics
- 4 Volume-Conductor Theory
- 5 Conductivity of Brain Tissue
- 6 Schemes for Computing Extracellular Potentials
- 7 Spikes
- 8 Local Field Potentials (LFPs)
- 9 Electroencephalography (EEG)
- 10 Electrocorticography (ECoG)
- 11 Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
- 12 Diffusion Potentials in Brain Tissue
- 13 Final Comments and Outlook
- Appendix A Frequency-Dependent Length Constant
- Appendix B Derivation of the Current-Dipole Approximation
- Appendix C Electric Stimulation
- Appendix D Derivation of the Point-Source Equation for Anisotropic Medium
- Appendix E Statistical Measures
- Appendix F Fourier-Based Analyses
- Appendix G Derivation of Formulas for Population Signals
- Appendix H Equations for Computing Magnetic Fields
- Appendix I Derivation of the MC+ED Scheme
- References
- Index
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In this introductory chapter to a book on the biophysical foundations and computational modeling of electric and magnetic signals in the brain, we give a brief summary of measurement techniques and modeling approaches in computational neuroscience.
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- Electric Brain SignalsFoundations and Applications of Biophysical Modeling, pp. 1 - 10Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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