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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  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-NCCRSD85-5

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