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Electromagnetic Field Interactions in the Brain

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Dynamics of Sensory and Cognitive Processing by the Brain

Part of the book series: Springer Series in Brain Dynamics ((SSBD,volume 1))

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For more than 100 years, structural and functional substrates of the organization of brain tissue have been based on considerations of connectivity as described in Waldeyer’s neuronal doctrine and Sherrington’s research on integrative action in the nervous system. The neuronal doctrine emphasizes signaling processes based on synaptic transmission. This in turn has focused attention on signal coding through nerve action potentials, conveyed along axonal paths from one cell to another.

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    Erol Başar

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Adey, W.R. (1988). Electromagnetic Field Interactions in the Brain. In: Başar, E. (eds) Dynamics of Sensory and Cognitive Processing by the Brain. Springer Series in Brain Dynamics, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71531-0_9

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