title: Analysis of event-related potentials: a physiological interpretation.
abstract: A physiological interpretation is presented of ERP parameters, in relation to their origin. This interpretation is based on the type of the electric contribution of every active neuron to the ERP wave registered. Through the solid-angle theorem it is shown that an active neuron contributes to the ERP with a low electric potential while its activation lasts. This gives a physiological meaning to the parameters which describe the ERP wave.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatría y Psicobiologia Clínica, Universidad de Barcelona, España.
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authors.lastname: Hernández-Collados
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000503:physiopathology; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D017966:Pyramidal Cells / Q000502:physiology