10 Human Endogenous Limbic Potentials: Cross-Modality and Depth/Surface Comparisons in Epileptic Subjects

In this chapter, recent findings are described that further support the local generation of the endogenous limbic potentials, the distributions of the limbics potentials are compared in auditory and visual tasks to evaluate the possibility of multiple endogenous components in the depth potentials.

Abstract

Field potentials can be recorded from the human limbic system under the same task conditions that produce endogenous event-related potentials at the human scalp. In this chapter, recent findings are described that further support the local generation of the endogenous limbic potentials, the distributions of the limbic potentials are compared in auditory and visual tasks to evaluate the possibility of multiple endogenous components in the depth potentials, and clinical data are reviewed that bear on the issue of the limbic system as the neural source of the endogenous scalp potentials.