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Table 1 Classical Properties of Near and Far Field Potentials

From: Classification of the extracellular fields produced by activated neural structures

Property

Far-Field

Near-Field

Latency

Relatively Independent of Recording Electrode Position

Strongly dependent on Position of Recording Electrode

Distribution on Skin

Broad

Narrow

Polarity

Positive

Negative or Positive

Recording

Monopolar

Monopolar or Bipolar