Contingent Negative Variation

"Contingent Negative Variation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A negative shift of the cortical electrical potentials that increases over time. It is associated with an anticipated response to an expected stimulus and is an electrical event indicative of a state of readiness or expectancy.

Descriptor ID	D003265
MeSH Number(s)	G07.265.500.250 G11.561.270.250
Concept/Terms	Contingent Negative Variation Contingent Negative Variation Contingent Negative Variations Negative Variation, Contingent Negative Variations, Contingent Variation, Contingent Negative Variations, Contingent Negative Bereitschaftspotential Bereitschaftspotential Readiness Potential

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Contingent Negative Variation".

Biological Sciences [G]
Physiological Phenomena [G07]
Electrophysiological Phenomena [G07.265]
Evoked Potentials [G07.265.500]
Contingent Negative Variation [G07.265.500.250]
Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena [G11]
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena [G11.561]
Evoked Potentials [G11.561.270]
Contingent Negative Variation [G11.561.270.250]

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