Earthquakes in the brain

Theory in Biosciences

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 321-327

  Papa, Andrés R R ^a,b,c   Da Silva, Ladário ^a  

^a CBPF

^b CENTRO BRASILEIRO DE PESQUISAS FÍSICAS   (Brazil)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Neural networks; Punctuated equilibrium; Self organized criticality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENOME; NERVE CELL NETWORK;

EID: 0031437743     PISSN: 14317613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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