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Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena > Nervous System Physiological Phenomena > Cortical Excitability > Evoked Potentials > Contingent Negative Variation
Physiological Phenomena > Electrophysiological Phenomena > Cortical Excitability > Evoked Potentials > Contingent Negative Variation

Preferred term

Contingent Negative Variation  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Bereitschaftspotential
  • Bereitschaftspotentials

Note

  • refers to cortical electrical potentials

Scope note

  • A negative shift of the cortical electrical potentials that increases over time. It is associated with an anticipated response to an expected stimulus and is an electrical event indicative of a state of readiness or expectancy.

History note

  • 91(71); was see under ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY 1971-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003265

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