title: Some general physiological principles of the human brain functioning.
abstract: Implantation of electrodes into the human brain for diagnosis and therapy of different brain disorders enabled the revelation of some general and specific regularities in the brain functioning which, being properly accounted for, may promote further more efficient brain research with both invasive and non-invasive techniques. This is a discussion of three major principles revealed during comprehensive study of the human brain, including stimulation and recording of the broad range of physiological processes both in a relaxed state and when performing a set of psychological tests. (1) The presence of the flexible links in the cerebral systems subserving complex activity; (2) cerebral restrictive and protective mechanisms; (3) the ability of certain brain areas to respond selectively to the erroneous recognition of a given type of activity--error detection.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Experimental Medicine, Department of Human Neurophysiology, Leningrad, U.S.S.R.
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Bechtereva
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D008606:Mental Processes / Q000502:physiology*; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission