A derivation of a macroscopic field theory of the brain from the quasi-microscopic neural dynamics

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 503-526

  Jirsa, V K ^a   Haken, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROLOGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

MACROSCOPIC FIELD THEORY; NEURAL DYNAMICS; NEURAL TISSUE; QUASI MICROSCOPIC MODELS;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 0030786828     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(96)00166-2     Document Type: Article

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