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Neurosignals – Incorporating CNS electrophysiology into cognitive process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2005

James F. Pagel*
Affiliation:
University of Colorado Medical School, Rocky Mt. Sleep, Pueblo, CO 81003

Abstract

This commentary reviews electrophysiological research suggesting that oscillatory electrical potentials recorded by the EEG could have function at cellular and DNA levels. Evidence supporting the potential functional significance of sleep-state-specific frequencies includes psychoactive neurochemical alteration of CNS electrophysiology, and sleep-state-specific alteration of dreaming. As Walker proposes, physiologic electrical fields are likely to have a functional role in the consolidation of memory.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2005

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