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Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena > Nervous System Physiological Phenomena > Cortical Excitability > Evoked Potentials > Cortical Spreading Depression
Physiological Phenomena > Electrophysiological Phenomena > Cortical Excitability > Evoked Potentials > Cortical Spreading Depression

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Cortical Spreading Depression  

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Definition

  • The decrease in neuronal activity (related to a decrease in metabolic demand) extending from the site of cortical stimulation. It is believed to be responsible for the decrease in cerebral blood flow that accompanies the aura of MIGRAINE WITH AURA. (Campbell's Psychiatric Dictionary, 8th ed.)

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  • Cortical Depression, Spreading
  • Spreading Cortical Depression
  • Spreading Depression of Leao

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-PD2V5H4P-J

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