The Bereitschaftspotential: Movement-Related Cortical Potentials

✍ Scribed by Marjan Jahanshahi, Mark Hallett (auth.), Marjan Jahanshahi, Mark Hallett (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 330
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Kornhuber and Deecke first recorded and reported the Bereitschaftspotential in 1964. The aim of this book is to bring together in a single volume some of the important research on the Bereitschaftspotential and other movement-related cortical potentials and to highlight and address some of the pertinent questions relating to the Bereitschaftspotential and to identify the key issues for future investigation in this field.

This book represents a unique compilation of information about the Bereitschaftspotential and related cortical potentials and techniques for measuring preparatory processes in the brain. The book will be of interest to motor physiologists, psychologists and neurologists working in clinical or research laboratories.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
The Bereitschaftspotential: What Does It Measure and where Does It Come from?....Pages 1-17
Surface Recordings of the Bereitschaftspotential in Normals....Pages 19-34
The Bereitschafts Potential (BP) and the Conscious Will/Intention to Act....Pages 35-44
Generator Mechanisms of Bereitschaftspotentials as Studied by Epicortical Recording in Patients with Intractable Partial Epilepsy....Pages 45-59
Intracerebral Recordings of the Bereitschaftspotential and Related Potentials in Cortical and Subcortical Structures in Human Subjects....Pages 61-77
Distributed Source Modeling in the Analysis of Movement-Related Activity....Pages 79-93
Recordings of Movement-Related Potentials Combined with Pet, fMRI or MEG....Pages 95-111
Generators of the Movement-Related Cortical Potentials and Dipole Source Analysis....Pages 113-130
Surface Recordings in Patients with Movement Disorders and the Impact of Subcortical Surgery....Pages 131-153
The Bereitschaftspotential in Schizophrenia and Depression....Pages 155-173
Movement-Related Cortical Potentials in Patients with Focal Brain Lesions....Pages 175-189
Movement and ERD/ERS....Pages 191-206
CNV and SPN: Indices of Anticipatory Behavior....Pages 207-227
The Lateralized Readiness Potential....Pages 229-248
Movement Selection, Preparation, and the Decision to Act: Neurophysiological Studies in Nonhuman Primates....Pages 249-268
Movement Preparation: Neuroimaging Studies....Pages 269-281
Human Freedom, Reasoned Will, and the Brain: The Bereitschaftspotential Story....Pages 283-320
Back Matter....Pages 321-334

✦ Subjects

Neurosciences; Neurology; Imaging / Radiology; Neuropsychology; Aging