Basic Mechanisms of the EEG

1 Mechanisms of EEG Generation - Historical and Present Aspects.- 2 The EEG-A Cryptogram?.- 3 Generation of Cortical Field Potentials.- 4 Propagation of Electrical Activity: Nonlinear Associations and Time Delays between EEG Signals.- 5 Tests of a New Model for Normal and Abnormal EEG Phenomena.- 6 Chaotic EEG Dynamics, Alpha and Gamma Rhythms Related to Brain Function.- 7 Glial and Neuronal Generators of Sustained Potential Shifts Associated with Electrographic Seizures.- 8 Is the EEG Correlated with the Brain Metabolism and Cerebral Blood Flow?.- 9 Functional Anatomy of the Thalamus.- 10 Intracellular Studies of Thalamic Neurons Generating Sleep Delta Waves and Fast (40-Hz) Oscillations during Arousal.- 11 Relations between the EEG of the Cortex, Thalamus, and Periaqueductal Gray in Patients Suffering from Epilepsy and Pain Syndromes.- 12 Alpha Activity of NREM Sleep.- 13 Transmitter Systems in Neo- and Archicortical Structures.- 14 Control of Vigilance and Behavior by Ascending Serotonergic Systems.- 15 The Neuropathology of the So-called Alpha-Pattern Coma.- 16 EEG Changes in Brain Stem Dysfunctions.- 17 Morphological and Functional Maturation of the Brain. Possible Relations to Different EEG Generators.- 18 Multivariate Statistical Methods and Their Capability to Demarcate Psychophysiologically and Neurophysiologically Sound Frequency Components of Human Scalp EEG.- Keyword Index.