Neocortical synchronization.
Neuronal synchronization occurs when two or more neuronal events are coordinated across time. Local synchronization produces field potentials. Long-range synchronization between distant brain sites contributes to the electroencephalogram. Neuronal synchronization depends on synaptic (chemical/electrical), ephaptic, and extracellular interactions. For an expanded treatment of this topic seeJasper's Basic Mechanisms of the Epilepsies, Fourth Edition(Noebels JL, Avoli M, Rogawski MA, Olsen RW, Delgado-Escueta AV, eds) published by Oxford University Press (available on the National Library of Medicine Bookshelf [NCBI] at www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books).
Laval University, Québec, Canada.
Igor
I
Timofeev
University of California, Riverside, California, U.S.A.
Maksim
M
Bazhenov
Laval University, Québec, Canada.
Joseé
J
Seigneur
Salk Institute, La Jolla, California, U.S.A.
Terrence
T
Sejnowski
Epilepsy; Extracelullar conditions; Feedback loops; Local synchronization; Long-range synchronization; Oscillations; Propagating activities; Seizures