Bereitschaftspotential

noun

A measure of activity in the motor cortex and supplementary motor area of the brain, leading up to voluntary muscle movement.

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Meanings

nounBereitschaftspotential (plural Bereitschaftspotentials)

plural Bereitschaftspotentials

  1. medicineA measure of activity in the motor cortex and supplementary motor area of the brain, leading up to voluntary muscle movement.

Origin

  1. GermanBereitschaftspotential
  2. EnglishBereitschaftspotential

Borrowed from German Bereitschaftspotential (literally “readiness potential”).

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