[Changes in the power of cat EEG rhythms during training with acoustic feedback signals]

Dynamics of power relation between beta and theta rhythms and activity of dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmentum were studied in chronic EEG biofeedback experiments in two waking cats. EEG biofeedback training was based on a developed scheme, in which the level of a presented sound signal decreased if the ratio of power of beta and theta rhythms recorded in the frontal area increased (due to the increase in the beta-rhythm power and decrease in the power of the theta rhythm). These changes were accompanied by the increase in the activity of tegmental neurons presumably dopaminergic.