1. Extrapolating meaning from local field potential recordings
- Author
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Ai-Ling Li, Amber L. Harris Bozer, and Megan L. Uhelski
- Subjects
Neurons ,0301 basic medicine ,Cellular activity ,Communication ,business.industry ,Computer science ,General Neuroscience ,Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted ,General Medicine ,Local field potential ,Data science ,03 medical and health sciences ,030104 developmental biology ,0302 clinical medicine ,Resource (project management) ,Recording electrode ,Animals ,Humans ,Nervous System Physiological Phenomena ,business ,Microelectrodes ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Meaning (linguistics) - Abstract
Local field potentials (LFP) reflect the spatially weighted low-frequency activity nearest to a recording electrode. LFP recording is a window to a wide range of cellular activities and has gained increasing attention over recent years. We here review major conceptual issues related to LFP with the goal of creating a resource for non-experts considering implementing LFP into their research. We discuss the cellular activity that constitutes the local field potential; recording techniques, including recommendations and limitations; approaches to analysis of LFP data (with focus on power-banded analyses); and finally we discuss reports of the successful use of LFP in clinical applications.
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- 2017