Spreading depolarizations is a generic term for the spectrum of waves initiated and propagated in the central nervous system (CNS), characterized by abrupt and near-complete sustained neuronal depolarization 1,4 , observed as a large slow potential change in the extracellular space 5,6 and propagate at 1-9.5 mm/min across the brain 7,8 . During SDs, neurons cannot fire action potentials, as the sustained depolarization is above the threshold, and the