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    Acta Physiol Pharmacol Bulg. 2001;26(1-2):115-8.

    EEG frequency dynamics during movements imagery.

    Popivanov D, Likova L, Sauleva Z.

    Motor Control Laboratory, Institute of Physiology, BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria. dapo@bio.bas.bg

    The study is an attempt to reveal the EEG frequency dynamic changes over sites covering areas reflecting the cognitive processes during movement imagery. Subjects were instructed to imagine a self-paced movement after listening to randomized sentences differing in lack of object or instrument of action. EEG was recorded over frontal, sensorimotor and temporo-parietal areas in both hemispheres. Frequency dynamics was estimated using power spectra (PS), band-pass filtering and bispectra. Two types of frequency dynamics were established: (A) a linear one, up to 24 Hz, with most pronounced oscillations in 12-14 Hz and in 16-22 Hz, synchronized first in frontal and precentral areas; (B) a nonlinear one between 24 and 63 Hz, with fractal structure and self-similarity, characterized by fractal dimension of 1.7-1.9. The narrow band of 23-26 Hz in the boundary between linear and nonlinear regimes expressed obvious synchronization and time re-distribution of oscillations among sites and sentence-types.

    PMID: 11693390 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]