On the tracking of dynamic functional relations in monkey cerebral cortex

To track and characterize the temporal dynamics of functional interdependence among cortical areas, we developed an adaptive multivariate autoregressive (AMVAR) modeling approach to the analysis of multichannel event-related local "eld potentials (LFPs) in macaque monkeys. We demonstrate the e!ectiveness of the approach by showing event-related dynamic change of power, coherence and directed transfer functions derived from the AMVAR models during a cognitive task. ( 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.