title: Mechanisms underlying the generation of cortical field potentials.
abstract: The generation of currents and potentials detectable in the space surrounding cellular elements within central nervous structures is described. The following aspects are especially taken into account: Generator structures, membrane potential changes of single neurons and of single glial cells, generation of potentials in the extracellular space, and types of cortical field potentials.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Physiologie, Münster, Germany.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Speckmann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Walden
mesh_terms: D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology; D005110:Extracellular Space / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007424:Intracellular Fluid / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure