title: Electroencephalogram alpha (8-15 Hz) responses to visual stimuli in cat cortex, thalamus, and hippocampus: a distributed alpha network?
abstract: To investigate possible functional correlates of alpha (8-15 Hz) oscillations in the electroencephalogram (EEG) intracranial recordings in cats (from thalamus, occipital cortex, and hippocampus) were performed. In response to visual stimuli, event-related alpha oscillations were observed. Such alpha responses were found not only in a specific sensory (visual) pathway but also in the hippocampus, hinting at a possible distributed alpha response system.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physiology, Medical University Lübeck, 23538, Lübeck, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schürmann
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Demiralp
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Başar
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Başar Eroglu
mesh_terms: D000513:Alpha Rhythm; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000502:physiology*; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology*; D010507:Periodicity; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013788:Thalamus / Q000502:physiology*