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BACKGROUND ACTIVITY [1 record]

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Record 1 1992-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

That level of spiking discharge or other recordable excitatory activity shown by neurons, axons, muscle cells etc., before some stimulus likely to change the activity is imposed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Toute activité représentative de la situation dans laquelle une activité ou un rythme normal ou pathologique est susceptible d'apparaître et dont il est possible de le distinguer.

Spanish

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