Temperature effects on the EEG and evoked potentials in Reptilia (Lacerta galloti)

Abstract

The effect of temperatures from 5 degrees to 40 degrees C on EEG amplitude, evoked potentials amplitudes to optical stimuli and latencies of components of evoked potential in lizard Lacerta galloti, have been studied, by means of chronically implanted electrodes in dorsal and medial telencephalic cortex. Evoked responses show with greater amplitude in the medial cortex, although latencies were closely similar for both regions.