The brainweb: Phase synchronization and large-scale integration

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 229-239

  Varela, Francisco ^a   Lachaux, Jean Philippe ^a   Rodriguez, Eugenio ^b   Martinerie, Jacques ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; LEARNING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; LEARNING; NERVE NET;

EID: 0035318822     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35067550     Document Type: Article

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