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Spontaneous EEG-patterns and evoked potentials (EP's) of symmetrical cortical areas were recorded in chronic and acute cats before and after section of the corpus callosum, the commissura anterior and posterior and the massa intermedia. The spontaneous EEG was recorded without and with anesthesia, EP's after electrical stimulation of the fore-paws only during nembutal anesthesia. — No changes in the bilateral coordination of spontaneous and evoked EEG-patterns could be seen after commissurotomy (CT). The bilateral coherence of EEG-waves as revealed by cross-correlation is low already in the normal cats and does not change significantly after CT. The values of cross-correlation coefficients at T = ± 15 msec vary during one EEG-record between -0.25 and +0.25 in the somatosensory, suprasylvian and temporal areas (mean values slightly above 0). In the visual area occasionally positive values between 0.5 and 0.8 were seen, but also here a large variation was found in all animals and the mean values were below 0.1. No consistent phase shift between both sides was observed. EEG-patterns like spindles or arousal, still occurred together in both hemispheres after CT, the variability of their exact beginning or end was the same as in controls. Spontaneous spindles often lasted longer after section of the massa intermedia. Homolateral EP's in the somato-sensory area were still present after CT. Rhythmical afterdischarges could be restricted to the contralateral somato-sensory cortex even before CT.
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Wir danken der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft für Unterstützung der Arbeit durch zur Verfügungstellung der Rechenmaschine IBM 1130. Besonders dankt W.S. Herrn Dr. Berlucchi in Pisa für Einweisung in die operative Methodik des Callosotomie.
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Singer, W., Creutzfeldt, O. Die Bedeutung der Vorderhirnkommissuren für die Koordination bilateraler EEG-Muster. Exp Brain Res 7, 195–213 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00239029
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