Modulation of EEG Rhythms and Changes in Spike Activity of Noradrenergic Neurons of the <Emphasis Type="Italic">Locus Coeruleus</Emphasis> Related to Feedback Sessions by EEG Characteristics |
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Authors: | A M Kulichenko Yu O Fokina V B Pavlenko A A Kulenkova |
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Institution: | 1.Vernadskii Tavricheskii National University,Simferopol’,Ukraine |
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Abstract: | In chronic experiments on awake cats, we studied the dynamics of the spectral power density (SPD) of the α rhythm vs SPD of the θ rhythm ratio and also of the characteristics of impulse activity generated by supposedly noradrenergic (NA)
neurons of the locus coeruleus in the course of feedback (FB) sessions by EEG characteristics (EEG-FB). Trainings were performed using a technique analogous
to that in EEG-FB sessions for humans. The level of a sound noise signal presented to the animal decreased with increase in
the α/θ SPD ratio in the occipital lead. Changes in the level of the sound signal did not depend on EEG modulation in the
control series. The animals were trained to correlate changes in the loudness of the sound signal with the power of EEG rhythms
and, in such a way, to control the latter. The α/θ SPD ratio in EEG-FB sessions changed mostly due to a significant increase
in the α rhythm power. The frequency of the impulse activity of NA neurons increased in a parallel manner with such EEG modulation.
Possible mechanisms of the involvement of the cerebral NA system in the formation of the effects of EEG-FB sessions are discussed. |
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